A short distance south of the centre of Hakuba is the beautiful Aoki Lake, perfect for cooling off on a hot summers day and overlooked by Sanosaka Ski Resort. The water is crystal clear clean,... More…
Happo Area Of all the areas in town probably Happo has the most to offer in terms of attributes.ie; the closest thing to ski in ski out in Hakuba, a real village like atmosphere located right at... More…
You can easily take your skis to Hakuba for your Japan ski holiday without having to lug them around Tokyo. Just collect your skis at the baggage terminal at the airport and take them to the... More…
A great sideline to skiing once in Hakuba, and a great excuse to rest for a day, is to visit the snow monkeys or Shinshu Winery and Matsumoto Castle. Another great side trip to your skiing holiday... More…
Goryu Toomi Located on the southern side of Hakuba 47 and on the same lift pass Goryu Toomi is a forested area like Wadano and is home to many family run pension type accommodations. There are no... More…
Hakuba village is quite a spread out little ski resort made up of many suburbs spread over 15 or so kilometres though most foreign visitors stay in one of these central areas; Wadano, Happo,... More…
This is the view from the top of the Hakuba Olympi Ski Jump in the middle of summer. The guys are out there training on this thing right now, landing on a plastic grass matting type surface that... More…
Today is the start of the Obon Summer holiday in Japan and Hakuba is packed. The holiday is for when your dead ancesters come back to say "Hi" to those still living and all Japanese are supposed to... More…
Usually you would have to be right on your game to find yourself at the top of a run like the one shown on yesterdays blog but in Japan at one of the "Hakuba Secret Ski Areas" also mentioned in the... More…
How often have you stood at the top of a slope like this and looked down at completely virgin powder snow? I can tell you that this day the snow was bottomless, meaning that your ski's or snowboard... More…
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