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Feb 1st – Travel to Aomori and Start of Tohoku Trip We were on the road by 9am to head to the Shin-Hakodate train station to take the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Shin-Aomori in Tohoku, the far northern tip of Honshu. We had to return the van to the Nippon Rent-a-Car next to the station first...

Tomorrow, I’m off to Japan after taking care of business in China. A few more meetings in Tokyo and Osaka (amazing one can travel by train for a day trip between these two cities), then Hakuba. This trip was originally planned with both Hakuba and Myoko. But forecasted weather has caused me to...

G'day Pugs, Hope everyone is having a great season. Finally my season starts in earnest tomorrow as I head out to Japan again. This season I'll be out there for almost a month, from the 16th January to the 12th February. I'll have 2 weeks in Hokkaido and then 12 days in Tohoku. I'm excited to...

Hi Everyone! I've been overwhelmed with choice so I made an account here to hopefully get some thoughts from the community though I know there is no 'perfect answer'. I'm a 5'11" / ~150 lbs male, fairly advanced skier. I have skied mostly in Utah. I can ski all parts of the mountain but don't...

Hi everyone Thought I introduce myself. I am 41 used to snowboard back when I lived in Canada(near Toronto) but not much, ice/crowds/$$. Moved to Japan couple years back, I have kids and heard that it is easier to teach them to ski. So last year I tried for the first time(well I used to do...

That's the headline. A friend currently visiting Japan sent me this article. ... I guess it's Backcountry since they wandered outside of the resort? https://soranews24.com/2019/01/25/foreign-skier-gets-lost-in-japan-calls-cops-for-help-then-ignores-them-when-they-call-back/

Drowning in Japow. We hope so. Of course there's a downside to that... Travel is always hard. It's MLK weekend and the TSA isn't getting paid. Airport horror stories are all over the news. So we get to the airport 3 hours early. No lines and friendly TSA. We kill the time walking the terminal...

I will be traveling to Japan on JAL this winter. It looks like they don’t make any allowances for checking skis. There is a $200 fee to check a bag that is greater than 203cm overall dimension, which pretty much includes any roller bag. If anyone has travelled on JAL with skis how did you handle it?

Hi Folks- Combining a few questions here since they're related to the same trip. The trip: Ted and I are going to Japan over Christmas. We're flying direct from SFO to Tokyo on Dec 19. We spend 5 nights in Tokyo and then on Dec 25, we fly to Sapporo and take a shuttle bus to Niseko. Then on...

DISCOVER THE DEEP POWDER OF JAPAN Niseko United has been added to the Ikon Pass to give you access to Japan's premier mountain. The latest addition is your gateway to skiing and riding across three continents, adding yet another iconic destination to your bucket list. Japow! DENVER, CO...

Hi guys! My name is Julie and I am new to the forum! December this year I plan a vacation to Hokkaido in one month for skiing; hence, I need to find a studio for long term rental. If you know, please suggest some names for me. Thanks in advance!

It's that time of the year again; time for a new Japan trip report! Hope everyone has been having a nice Christmas and happy holidays, I for one need to get back on my skis and get back into the snow. Colorado has been having a pretty bleak time of it so far, so I have not been motivated...