JMA issues every seasonal outlook in the same fixed format: three categories per region – below-normal, near-normal, and ...

Last week we heard that Japan might be days away from announcing a game-changing tourism update, this week the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has predicted a snowier than average 2022/23 winter ...

Hand-picked by the Ski Asia team: Japan ski deals from just $75 a night are still available – but only if you move fast. If you’ve been doom-scrolling through Instagram and TikTok thinking the Japan ...

Myoko Kogen, tucked into Niigata’s highlands, is fast evolving from a beloved local ski area into a rising international resort—thanks to heavy snowfall, hot springs, varied terrain and a renewed wave ...

The trailer for the highly anticipated “The Fourth Phase” has dropped, and there’s a lot to like. Shot in superb 4K, the film features iconic American snowboarder Travis Rice and his desire to follow ...

Beginner skiers are set to benefit from Niseko Hanazono's latest resort upgrades. If the launch of Park Hyatt Niseko Hanazono last season wasn’t enough to suggest that Niseko Hanazono is getting a ...

Japanese winter sports legend Gota Miura and Nigel Abbott, an Australian who played a critical part in Niseko’s rise to international prominence, have revealed an ambitious plan to develop a ski ...

If you were planning to ski world-class powder in as many resorts as possible, you’d be hard pressed to find a better area of Japan to begin than the Joetsu-Myoko region depicted in the interactive ...

Japan's top ski hotels enjoy privileged access to some of the best skiing in the world. Japan’s ski resorts consistently rank among the best in the world thanks to a ski season that benefits from more ...

Set against the backdrop of Mt. Iwate, Hachimantai Resort offers a quieter, more relaxed mountain experience. The resort is made up of two separate areas, Panorama and Shimokura, which are connected ...

With more than 18 metres of snowfall in good seasons and around 10 metres in “bad” years, it gets even more snow than Niseko and puts world-famous resorts like Whistler (average 11.64m), Vail (6.1m) ...