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.

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

JIRO Kamiharako, former manager of the Higashiyama Prince Hotel, has been appointed general manager of Nihon Harmony Resorts.

A representative of Japan in the 1992 Albertville Winter Olympics, Kamiharako was born in Sapporo and has lived in Niseko for the past nine years.

NHR is a shareholder in and manager of the Niseko