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DRIVING in Niseko’s snowy, icy, white-out conditions can be for many tourists like learning to drive again.

When getting behind the wheel here, no matter your experience, it can feel a lot like being back on your L-plates. Most who have spent any time driving on these often very dangerous roads have their own stories of being completely

IXSM Travel owner Shinji Hirose is an ideas man but he just wishes he had more time to bring all his pearls of widom to life. In fact, he often has an idea, opens his big mouth and someone else does it before he’s even had a chance. The travel agency is the main part of his business - organising day tours and package tours - to Japan, around