WHILE Niseko can provide a plethora of options for an amazing snow-sports experience, those seeking to taste a little-bit of traditional Japanese culture might have to search a little harder.
This four-and-a-half-hour tour run by the Kutchan Tourist Centre gives visitors the chance to witness and participate in several uniquely Japanese cultural activities, including tea-ceremony, taiko drum performance, laido sword-sheathing demonstration and sake brewery tour. This eventually culminates in a delicious Japanese dinner. See p.49 for more details.