Tag Archives: Niseko

Shakotan Peninsula

By Joel | May 8, 2010

Day Trippin. About an hour and a half west of Sapporo lies the Shakotan peninsula, a beautiful piece of coastline that is well worth a visit whatever the season. In fact every season gives us a different reason to visit the area winter through summer. If you’re passing through Sapporo or perhaps visiting Otaru a drive [...]

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Autumn Flavours

By Simon | October 2, 2009

It took a while but I have finally excepted that autumn is here and winter is just around the corner. So without any further a do I would like to introduce Autumn Flavours the new section of this blog devoted to autumn food. So what’s in the pot and on the table this time of [...]

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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 [...]

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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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