Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

The town has been riding a wave of increasing foreign visitors and the opening of new fancy resorts and eateries over the past several years. Hotels such as Setsu Niseko, winner of the World’s Best ...

I can ski much better in Hokkaido ... There was a time when Niseko United — a collection of four resorts, Annapurna, Niseko Village, Hirafu, often divided into upper and lower and Hanazono ...

Niseko ski resort in Hokkaido, Japan. YANG WEI / FOR CHINA DAILY Many ski resorts in Japan are facing difficulty in staying open. As the number of domestic skiers and snowboarders declines ...

He estimates only 10 of about 80 inns in Akakura operate year-round. Located roughly 2.5 hours from Tokyo by train in Niigata prefecture, Myoko, along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of ...

Open only between Dec. 1 and March 20, the Niseko-Hirafu police substation serves the 1.7 million visitors who flock to the world-renowned Niseko ski resort, including many from overseas.

The popular ski resort area on Hokkaido also accounted for ... But Nagano's Hakuba — which is sometimes referred to as "second Niseko" — is also gaining ground, Sanghi said.

The resort tried selling tickets online to draw international visitors, to little effect. “The popularity of Hakuba and Hokkaido’s Niseko ski resort areas is nothing new,” said Ken Yamaguchi ...

With peak ski season transforming to Spring blossoms, Visa, revealed data showing growing popularity of Japan as a ski ...