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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 of the
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
Editor's Note // Issue 26
THERE’S no surer sign that the season is winding down than the sound of snow melting back around the house on a sunny March morning.
Niseko's micro-climate a weatherman's nightmare
NISEKO is a hard place to predict snowfall. We remember well a day in January, 2007 when we woke to a good 40cm overnight and it was still coming down hard. It looked like it was going to be one of the days of the season. Our crew decided to drive 45 minutes to Rusutsu Resort to try and escape the crowds, but two thirds of the way there, patches
Another early dump buries village
THE forecast said light snow at village level, but no one expected the 5-10cm that piled up all over the village overnight.
By late last night there was already a thick, albeit wet layer of fresh snow on cars, and roads were completely
