Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

Overseas tourists are flocking to lesser-known destinations and novel services in a district on Japan’s northernmost main ...

Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca ... to a return to the massive snow dumps that made the island of Hokkaido, where Niseko is located, legendary. The last La Niña-driven season in Japan ...

according to data from the Japan National Tourism Organization. The surge in tourism has piled pressure on several popular ...

The answer to what makes Niseko's snow so amazing lies in its climate. Niseko is in the north of Japan and has two seas on ...

Cloudy with a high of 39 °F (3.9 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNW to NW at 8 to 12 mph (12.9 to 19.3 kph). Night - Cloudy with a 21% chance of precipitation. Winds from NNW ...

A lmost a century after the Japanese government hired famed Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider to introduce Alpine skiing ...

The project by Singapore-based investment fund Patience Capital Group will span 350 hectares and include two planned luxury ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- Qantas Airways will bring back ... until the end of March 2026 with an eye on skiers headed to Niseko and other Hokkaido destinations.

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The government plans to delay its plan to extend the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, Japan's northernmost ... through areas home to the famed Niseko ski resort. The current plan is ...