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

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

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.

NIHON Harmony Resorts KK (NHR) has opened the first building of its future master-planned development at Hanazono – the new Hanazono 308 Snowsports Centre.

NHR president Colin Hackworth said the 1400sqm Hanazono 308 Day Centre was inspired by the 1308m peak of Mount Niseko-Annupuri.

“The two sail-like structures forming