Niseko News
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Summer investors heat up Niseko
NISEKO’S long held secret is getting out: the summer is fantastic.
Ski resorts all over the world are working hard on increasing their summer trade with varying levels of success.
Niseko has a few aces up its sleeve when it comes to attracting summer visitors.First is the climate compared to almost all
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Hanazono party officially opens Activity Centre
NISEKO’S Hanazono Ski Resort this weekend held a gala opening party to launch its new summer activity centre.
The event began with a tour of the new summer activities areas, including the new Mountain Bike Park, Bag Jump and Wakeboard Park.
More than 200 invited guests attended, including VIPs from the local area,
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Niseko has a wakeboard park!
NISEKO’s summer has stepped up a gear with this weekend’s opening of the Hanazono Activity Centre, complete with Hokkaido’s first cable wakeboard/waterski park, MTB Park, summer Bag Jump and more.
The
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Hanazono Bike Park: just add dirt
70 TRUCKLOADS of dirt and a payload of hard work by a talented team of enthusiastic locals has brought the Hanazono Bike Park to life.
The bike park is one of the exciting new components of the Hanazono Activity Centre, which is set to open on June 26, coinciding with the first Niseko Hanazono MTB Competition, a Japan Cycling
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Support needed for Hirafu Town Makeover
ANYONE with an interest in Niseko’s future is urged to lend their support by signing a petition to ensure the Hirafu main street upgrade goes ahead as planned.
– Signatures can be made online at www.petition.fm/petitions/niseko
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International skiers to Niseko up 41%
THE Niseko Promotion Board recently released visitor statistics for the 2009/10 season which showed a marked increase in tourists across the board.
International guest numbers at a selection of Niseko's main accommodation providers were up 41% on the 2008/9 season, which was hit by the Global Financial Crisis and a rapidly
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Last tracks of epic season 09/10
AFTER an estimated 15-20m of snowfall this winter, the lifts has finally been turned off for the season, five and a half months after they started on November 23 last year.
Season 09/10 will be one that will be remembered and talked about for many years to come - it was one of the 'big ones'.
To the end of February
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Former Japanese PM spotted skiing in Niseko
IT seems that even former prime ministers are enjoying Niseko's world-famous powder snow.
Former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe and his wife are believed to have arrived in town last Friday for a long weekend, and stayed at a penthouse in The Vale Niseko.
Abe – the 57th prime minister of Japan, who served in office from
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Best of Niseko winners!
THE votes are in, the people have spoken, so here are the winners of Powderlife's 2009/10 Best of Niseko voting poll.
Thanks to those who voted and congrats to the winners!
Restaurant – A-Bu-Cha (grilled Hokkaido chicken pictured)
Izakaya – Rin
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Looking back, what a winter!
WHEN it comes to a Niseko season, they don’t come much better than this. Tonnes of snow, tourists everywhere and business was booming.
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Herbie’s rail jams a big hit
THE thrills and spills at the newly opened Herbie’s Umbrella Bar rail jams drew some of the biggest crowds this season.
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Best of Niseko winners!
THE votes are in, the people have spoken, so here are the winners of Powderlife's 2009/10 Best of Niseko voting poll.
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Master plan will 'lift' Niseko
NISEKO United is in need of a ‘mountain master plan’ to reach its full potential, according to a world-renowned, Whistler-based mountain resort planner.
Paul Mathews is founder and president of Ecosign, which since 1975 has directed the planning and design of more than 350 major mountain resort projects in
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Master plan will 'lift' Niseko
NISEKO United is in need of a ‘mountain master plan’ to reach its full potential, according to a world-renowned, Whistler-based mountain resort planner.
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Best of Niseko final call
ENTRIES are about to close for the Best of Niseko, so be quick and cast your vote for your favourite business in Niseko.
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Taiko drumming legend Roku-san farewelled
NISEKO this week said goodbye to Rokurou Takada – the founder of Kutchan’s thriving taiko drum culture – who passed away on Sunday, aged 96.
Roku-san, as he was affectionately known, was universally loved for sharing his warm-hearted passion
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In doubt? Don’t just throw it out!
NEXT time you’re separating garbage into one of the many bins in your house or accommodation, spare a thought for these guys.
Just a Sapporo beer can’s throw from the Hanazono ski fields, this team of hardworking local folk are doing their bit for their country – and the beautiful Hokkaido environment –
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The start of the Finnish in Niseko
THE call of Niseko’s world-famous powder snow has made its way to the far northern reaches of Scandinavia – and apparently that call is particularly loud in Finland.
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In doubt? Don’t just throw it out!
NEXT time you’re separating garbage into one of the many bins in your house or accommodation, spare a thought for these guys.
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The start of the Finnish in Niseko
THE call of Niseko’s world-famous powder snow has made its way to the far northern reaches of Scandinavia – and apparently that call is particularly loud in Finland.
There are so many Finnish skiers and boarders here in Niseko that there’s a need for a guiding company that caters solely to tourists from Finland.
For
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The Barn a full house for No Jazz
NISEKO’S new restaurant and bar, The Barn, was packed wall-to-wall last night with revellers jiving to the international sounds of Parisian-electro-jazz outfit, No Jazz.
A hit in Europe with three albums – also playing with the likes of Earth, Wind & Fire and Stevie Wonder – the quirky French four-piece had Hirafu
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Native trees inspire master plan groundwork
SILVER birch trees casting dark shadows on a white, snowy background. That's the artistic inspiration for patterns on the road, footpaths and driveways as part of the master-planned facelift of Hirafu's main street.
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Hanazono: A resort for all seasons
A STATE-OF-THE-ART bike and wakeboard park will be the centrepiece for Hanazono's year-round sports, adventure and activity resort, set to open this summer.
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Native trees inspire master plan groundwork
SILVER birch trees casting dark shadows on a white, snowy background. That's the artistic inspiration for patterns on the road, footpaths and driveways as part of the master-planned facelift of Hirafu's main street – a development that is sure to further Niseko's growth as an international ski resort.
Scheduled for construction
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Hanazono: A resort for all seasons
A STATE-OF-THE-ART bike and wakeboard park will be the centrepiece for Hanazono's year-round sports, adventure and activity resort, set to open this summer.
Up to 5km of cross country mountain bike tracks, trails and jumps, plus freeride terrain, along with a BMX-style 'pump' arena and a skills development area, will be built at Hanazono to
