Our favorites are Hakuba Happo-One for its backcountry access, Hakuba 47 and Goryu for endless groomers and terrain parks, ...

With little information to go by, the Austrians Albert Leichtfried, Markus Bendler and photographer Hermann Erber travelled to Japan in search of the country's ice climbing potential. Apart from ...

Today's route will depart from Sancho Station and head towards a mountain hut at an elevation of 2,300 meters.

The land of Japow beckons, so here's how to make the most of your next ski trip to Japan. Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs and full immersion in a ...

With more than 50 ski resorts of all sizes, Niigata is Japan's best-kept snow secret. Sake, ramen and onsen. There's a lot to ...

But the ascent is fun and heading down is even more so. In Japan, the first place where ski mountaineering began was the Academic Alpine Club of Hokkaido, which is part of Hokkaido University.

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 ...

GOKASE, Miyazaki Prefecture--Japan’s southernmost ski resort will reopen for business for the first time in three years on Dec. 20. The Gokase Highland Ski and Snowboard resort is situated on ...