It’s possible to get to many resorts by public transportation thanks to Japan’s extensive high-speed rail (Shinkansen) and well-developed bus systems. If you’re heading straight to Hokkaido, it’s ...

it’s mind-boggling to me that in Sapporo, the largest city in Hokkaido, Japan, you can literally ski a mountain in only a 30 minute drive. Mt Moiwa (藻岩山, Moiwayama) is located to the ...

SAPPORO, Japan— When was the first time you experienced ... preserved at the Okurayama Viewing Point, where the 90-meter ski ...

But the ascent is fun and heading down is even more so. In Japan, the first place where ski mountaineering began was the Academic Alpine Club of Hokkaido, which is part of Hokkaido University.

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival ... mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4. He warned visitors to pay attention ...

Johann Andre Forfang, of Norway, soars through the air during his first round jump of the ski jumping men’s team large hill competition at the Nordic World Ski Championships in Trondheim, Norway, ...

Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of ...

By Kiuko Notoya and Mike Ives Kiuko Notoya reported from Tokyo. Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow ...

TOKYO: Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow – some areas had more than 12 feet (3.65m) of snowpack this ...