Category Archives: Niseko

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 me [...]

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Festivals, Festivals and more Festivals

By Simon | September 1, 2009

If your coming to the Niseko area in Summer you will have a myriad of festivals to go to from the Kutchan Hanazono Music Festival and the Jaga Matsuri to the more traditional Shrine Festivals held in all towns at different times during summer.
This year also saw the first Niseko River Festival organized by nisade [...]

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A Niseko Summer Sunset

By Simon | August 20, 2009

Sunset over Annupuri with low clouds in the valley. Photos from a few weeks back. Enjoy!

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Singing & Dancing in the Rain – Kanronomori Summer Festival

By Simon | July 21, 2009

When ever you come to Niseko there will always be something to do that you did not plan to do. Even though I live here this is still true and it wasn’t till after watching the All Blacks beat the Wallabies last Saturday that a friend told me about the Kanronomori Summer Festival or kanronomori [...]

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