Author Archives: Simon

St. Moritz of the East

By Simon | June 8, 2010

Driving along the St. Moritz Bridge the other day it made me wonder what Kutchan and the greater Niseko area had in common with St. Moritz other than Kutchan being a sister city to the town in the Eastern Alps of Europe. After an hour on the net I really couldn’t find much except for [...]

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Niseko Spring Sunset

By Simon | May 28, 2010

These photos were taken on 26 May 2010, I think they speak a thousand words each. In summary they say “anytime of the year is a great time to be here. ”

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Konbu and Rice

By Simon | December 31, 2009

A few weeks ago when people were wondering where the snow was I shot this photo of Mt. Konbu with the rice paddies lying dormant in the foreground. Three weeks later the snow hasn’t really stopped falling and winter is far from over. We will be taking a small rest here at discoverniseko.net over the winter [...]

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How Much Snow does Niseko Get?

By Simon | October 18, 2009

The last few weeks has seen friends and I  do a lot of hiking in the Niseko mountains or Niseko backcountry,  trying to get every peak ascent under our belt before the mountains are covered in the white stuff we are waiting for. In doing this and seeing the predominately sasa[bamboo] cover landscape has made [...]

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