Category Archives: Niseko

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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On The Road

By Joel | May 17, 2010

Travel opportunities abound in Hokkaido whether your on a day trip or a month long excursion. Throughout the island you can find beautiful coastlines, lakes forests and rivers and usually not far from any of these places is a delightful village. The ease of which you can explore Hokkaido is fantastic and simply following your [...]

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Kutchan Fudo Kan – Natural History Museum

By discover niseko | May 8, 2010

Spring is here and looking for something to do? Well, Now Fudo Kan is Totally cool! That the marketing line on the poster you see when you walk in the front door and I would have to agree! When I went to the Museum of Natural History [Fudo Kan] I was I little hesitant and [...]

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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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