The number of operational ski resorts in Japan in 2025 fell to a record low, 40 percent down from the peak in 1999, due to a lack of snow caused by climate change and despite growing demand from ...

Discover why Niseko is Japan’s most international ski resort. From legendary powder snow to global visitors, explore how ...

Where is your go-to winter sports destination? Whistler in Canada? Serre Chevalier in France? Alpbach in Austria? Aspen or Vale in Colorado, U.S.A? These are all well-recognized ski resorts, and ...

Japan is the opposite of the U.S. in many ways, and not just because the mountains there are seeing above-average snowfall ...

Nikko transforms into a calm, snow‑covered escape in winter, pairing gentle ski slopes with steaming onsen and easy rail ...

While the country is having a banner ski season, exceptionally heavy snowfall has created challenges for resort workers. By Kiuko Notoya and Mike Ives Kiuko Notoya reported from Tokyo. Ski resorts in ...

Tsugaike Mountain Resort is one of the best places for beginners in Hakuba Valley, a major winter region in Nagano, known for its deep powder, sweeping alpine scenery and ten ski resorts spread across ...

If you’re familiar with ski resorts on the East Coast in the United States then you will feel right at home on the slopes in the Chūgoku region of Japan, with its abundance of easy and intermediate ...

Local officials around one of Japan’s most popular ski resort areas are grappling with a growing fiscal problem: how to tax a ...