In 2014, the town started working with 10 local resorts to promote Hakuba as a ski destination. The initiative succeeded in boosting the number of Australian and Chinese-speaking skiers to the ...

TOKYO >> Hotels and restaurants in the popular Hakuba ski resort village are packed to capacity amid a surge in international tourists on the slopes, and visitors to the village are expected to gr ...

East of the Hakuba Valley, still on the main island of Honshu, the mountains seemingly go on forever—tucked somewhere in there is Mount Myoko, a large volcano that’s home to Arai Snow Resort and a ...

The most popular skiing can be split into two main areas: Nagano/Hakuba (main island), and the various ski resorts around Sapporo like Niseko and Rusutsu (on Hokkaido). Of course, there are dozens of ...

Hakuba Valley resorts are all accessible with ... of smaller independent ski areas like Matarao, Myoko Kogen, Myoko Ski Resort, and Seki Onsen. This zone offers a much more traditional Japanese ...

Of the 40,000 visitors last season, only 1% were foreign tourists. Ski resorts in Hakuba Village in Nagano, meanwhile, are filled with foreign visitors. The reason: It takes just three hours from ...

The Hakuba Valley, the country’s largest ski area, has already recorded an impressive 370 inches of powder, marking its snowiest season in over a decade. With resorts staying open well into ...

Snowboarders got stuck after venturing off marked trails at Hakuba ski resort; Israeli envoy thanks Japanese for efforts, says trio undergoing medical checks By ToI Staff 7 January 2025, 9:38 am Edit ...

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

Located roughly 2.5 hours from Tokyo by train in Niigata prefecture, Myoko, along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed “Japow.” ...

Ski resorts in Hakuba Village in the same prefecture are crowded with foreign visitors since it takes about only three hours from Tokyo Station to Hakuba via the Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train ...