“It’s the one thing that people should do, if they get a chance,” says Sam Kerr, head of Niseko Xtreme Tours, one of a number of local companies that take visitors on backcountry ski ...

Background Niseko, which is located north of Japan, becomes a famous ski resort for the best powder snow called as ‘JAPOW’ or ‘NISEPOW’. As the number of backcountry skiing’s popularity increased, ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization’s English website introduces Hakuba, Niseko in Hokkaido and Mount Hakkodasan in Aomori Prefecture as famous places for backcountry skiing. The Niseko area ...

Following two cases of backcountry skiers being killed by avalanches ... the prefecture are working to fully enforce the so-called Niseko Rules to keep skiers safe. The recent accidents ...

At the center of this wintery universe are towns such as Niseko, where luxurious resorts ... are trading in crowded pistes for the backcountry — but the unparalleled scenery and virgin slopes ...

Akio Shinya, an avalanche expert. Following two cases of foreign backcountry skiers being killed by avalanches in Hokkaido this year, safety experts are working to make sure skiers obey the so-called ...