Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower ...

The number of skiers and snowboarders in Japan declined to 4.6 million in 2023 from 18.6 million in 1993 due to an increasing number of leisure activities and the declining birthrate, according to a ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Rather, I wanted to try out the new ski and snowboard tracking mode. While I normally keep tabs on my mountain performance using far pricier smartwatches, like the Garmin Instinct 3 AMOLED ($449 ...

A running contest at a ski resort in northern Japan has featured competitors dressed as tyrannosaurus, triceratops and other dinosaurs. Seventeen people aged from 6 to 60 joined the event on ...

Every winter, powderhounds from across the globe flock to Hokkaido eager to experience its mythical snowfall. At the center of this wintery universe are towns such as Niseko, where luxurious ...

She now splits her time between Colorado and Paris, ensuring she doesn't have to live without skiing or L'As du Fallafel. The best ski resorts in the world are often surveyed, scrutinized ...

Rentaro's girlfriends as babies (Image via Bibury Animation Studios) Anime lovers in Japan can watch the television ... The episode kicks off with Hakari Hanazono explaining how her mother ...

The 2024-25 winter ski season boasts record snowfall across alpine regions, including Japan's Niseko with a 70-year high of 191 inches. Europe's Alps and US mountains also see substantial snow, ...

Small can be beautiful, and that applies to ski resorts. Sometimes you want an intimate resort with bags of charm, especially during the school holidays. Not everyone will need hundreds of ...

Mikaela Shiffrin plans to return to the Alpine skiing World Cup next Thursday for her first race since tearing oblique muscles in a Nov. 30 giant slalom fall. Shiffrin, the 99-time World Cup race ...