Japan is a country whose boom-bust experience with winter sports has left a mix of charmingly dated resorts matched with an infusion of new-found interest from foreign visitors. In the inverse of the ...

Officials in Teton County attempted to help this weekend after learning that a beloved Jackson pro skier and community member ...

HAKUBA VALLEY, Japan – Snow crab legs protruded from a steaming bowl of miso soup accompanied by a golden-brown portion of takoyaki, a battered ball stuffed with grilled octopus. What did this ...

Skiing in Japan is synonymous with bottomless powder, delicious food, hot springs, and full immersion in a culture unlike anything else on the planet. With somewhere north of 400 ski resorts and ...

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 ...

Japan’s Hakuba ski resort will fine tourists for disruptive behaviour from July 2026 as visitor numbers surge. The move reflects growing concern about overtourism nationwide, with authorities ...

Like many other snow resorts in Japan, the Tsugaike and Iwatake areas of Hakuba in the central Japan prefecture of Nagano face the overall decline in domestic skiing and snowboarding populations ...

Tokyo — World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine and another skier died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend. Police in Nagano Prefecture said ...