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Jogger's find believed to be missing skier

Jogger's find believed to be missing skier

POLICE believe a jogger has discovered the body of missing Australian tourist Scott McKay in a river a few hundred metres past his accommodation.

Speaking on behalf of local police, Niseko-Hirafu safety liaison officer at the time



Hirafu safe in Derek’s hands

Derek Begley as The Sherrif

MISBEHAVING tourists have been warned – Derek ‘The Enforcer’ Begley has just become the unofficial guardian of the peace in Hirafu. The big Canadian has been appointed community liaison officer and will be based out of the Safety Information Centre in the centre of Hirafu, right next door to the Seicomart. He’s lived in

Reader article: Pilgrimage to Kurodake

Kurodake view

The heavens open for Derek Begley and his fellow powder worshippers

Kamikawa National Park, in central north Hokkaido, is known in the local Ainu dialect as ‘the playground of the gods’.
In early November, some of the strongest disciples of the Holy Church of Hokkaido Powder converged on a lodge at the