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TACKLING a snowy mountain on skis or a snowboard might be extreme enough for most of us... but how about on a motorbike?
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CHANCES are you’ve seen kite-surfing before, but kite-skiing? It’s a craze sweeping the world, and local Steve Roth is 'flying the kite' for Niseko.
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BEING the last issue of the season it’s time to look back at how it all went. The first snowfall at village level was back on October 31...
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WHAT happens when Hokkaido’s leading brewery and chocolate makers decide to collaborate? Beer-flavoured chocolate?! No, believe it or not, chocolate-flavoured beer!
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MARCH is here, so what can we expect from the weather? It's not like once we tick over into the month it all just turns off...
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IF you hear the sound ‘buhii-buhii’ in the streets of Hirafu, chances are Rum the pot-bellied pig is not far away.
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AFTER screening to a jam-packed crowd of 150 film lovers last season, the Flake Film Festival is about to return and promises to be another ‘reel’ winner.
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THE wacky and wonderful Japanese have done it again. Kit Kat has come out with a range of flavours ranging from soy sauce to green tea.
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SO just how much snow does Niseko actually receive each year? The answer is that no one really knows.
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HUGE airs over roadside avalanche barriers. This is some of the extreme action the world’s best pro-skiers have been enjoying while filming in Niseko this season.
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IF you could warm to the idea of having your own one-of-a-kind beanie, Niseko’s has a head start on the rest.
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EVER wondered why ¥5 and ¥50 coins have holes in the middle? Well, in the days before paper money, some Japanese used to string them together like beads on a necklace to make them easier to ca...
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POWDERLIFE'S Best of Niseko is back for another winter – your chance to vote for a Niseko business that has left an impression.
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MOST of us come to Niseko because of that most sought after commodity in the snow sports world – powder. It’s certainly not for weeks on end of bluebird days, that's for sure! What is it,...
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TO most, Green Lantern is Spiderman's arch-nemesis. Here in Japan a green lantern is the symbol of a new food movement where restaurants use local products.
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JAPAN may not follow the Chinese New Year calendar anymore, but the Lunar Calendar still has some significance here.
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AS we approach mid-powder season, I thought it might be worth seeing how we're stacking up against the long-term averages.
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WANT to grab the longest airtime, bust the tightest tricks and hit the biggest booters, but you're scared of getting hurt? The pain-free answer is right here in Niseko.
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IF you're walking up Hirafu-Zaka Street on your way to the slopes, chances are you've spotted the Ice Bar. It's hard to miss a frozen piece of art with titanic towering snow spires and a huge hulking...
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IT sounds hopping mad, but the world's first artifical snowflake was created in Hokkaido... on the tip of a rabbit's hair.
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LOCAL Taiko drummers will keep the beat when the internationally renowned Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) comes to town this month.
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DINERS got a belly full of curry and an eyeful of belly at the grand opening of the Taj Mahal Indian restaurant in Izumikyo's Tancho Centre.
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UNLIKE many resorts around the world, large portions of the prodigious amounts of snow Niseko receives are not directly from storm fronts. Much of our powder arrives from what locals call the ‘N...
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NEW independent daily video snow report The Daily Flake is keeping a lens on what's falling from the sky in Niseko this season.
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THE powder machine that is Niseko may have had a bit of a spluttering start to the season, but the Powder Express has slipped into overdrive and is at full throttle.
