If there is anyone who knows about skiing, it’s Kenji Ogiwara. Before turning to politics and becoming Mayor of Nagano, ...

Ski resorts aren't just for winter. With beautiful panoramas, excellent hiking trails and a plethora of outdoor activities on ...

Some will chase winter to Japan and teach a season in Niseko or Hakuba Valley, while others plan to head to Canadian resorts to live, work, ski and repeat. A few say they’ll hang up their skis ...

but Hakuba remained just one among a host of ski options overshadowed by Japan’s premier resort Niseko. The town ramped up its efforts to distinguish itself from the competition starting around ...

Our favorites are Hakuba Happo-One for its backcountry access ... in a more traditional Japanese mountain experience. Compared to the many ski resorts on Honshu, Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido ...

But Nagano's Hakuba — which is sometimes referred ... In response, another commenter wrote: "There are approximately 500 other ski resorts in Japan. Many of them are practically empty." ...

Located roughly 2.5 hours from Tokyo by train, Myoko, along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed "Japow." The resort areas are a huge part of ...

along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed "Japow". The resort areas are a huge part of Japan's tourism boom, also fuelled by a weak yen ...

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest ... They headed to a resort in the Hakuba Valley that had hosted events for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. They took a lift ...

MATSUMOTO, Japan >> As the number of domestic skiers ... Of the 40,000 visitors last season, only 1% were foreign tourists. Ski resorts in Hakuba Village in Nagano, meanwhile, are filled with ...