Category Archives: Photos

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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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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Summer in the Niseko Mountains

By Simon | June 29, 2009

Finally the Hokkaido summer is here, lush green mountains and hot weather and the people are out and about enjoying what Niseko has to offer. For me it saw a weekend of exploring the mountains that extend from Niseko Annupuri out to the coast at Iwanai.
The mountains have lots to offer in summer from hiking [...]

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Sapporo Spring Festivals & Baseball

By Simon | June 19, 2009

Last weekend was a great time to escape Niseko to Sapporo as the 18th Yosakoi Soran dance festival (Japanese only) was on.
The festival is a great show of modern very energetic dance to modern music. For more info on the history of this style of dance check Yosakoi on Wikipedia
I was also lucky enough to [...]

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