2. Myoko. East of the Hakuba Valley, still on the main island of Honshu, the mountains seemingly go on forever—tucked somewhere in there is Mount Myoko, a large volcano that’s home to Arai Snow Resort ...

The most popular skiing can be split into two main areas: Nagano/Hakuba (main island), and the various ski resorts around Sapporo like Niseko and Rusutsu (on Hokkaido). Of course, there are dozens of ...

The winter sports hub of Hakuba in Nagano attracts droves of tourists to its ski slopes, hiking trails, and thermal baths. Town authorities are taking lessons from Niseko in Hokkaidō and other ...

TOKYO >> Hotels and restaurants in the popular Hakuba ski resort village are packed to capacity amid a surge in international tourists on the slopes, and visitors to the village are expected to ...

Hakuba Tokyu Hotel is a family-friendly ski hotel — room designs include a campground, a tree fort and a planetarium — in the heart of the valley with shuttles to the resorts. Doubles start at ...

Located roughly 2.5 hours from Tokyo by train in Niigata prefecture, Myoko, along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed “Japow.” ...

Foreign visitors to Japan rose 33% this past winter from pre-pandemic levels. Many are flocking to the powdery slopes of ski areas like Niseko and Hakuba which experienced a record number of ...

Ski resorts in Hakuba Village in Nagano, meanwhile, are filled with foreign visitors. The reason: It takes just three hours from Tokyo Station to Hakuba via a bullet train and express bus.

With upwards of 400 established ski resorts and many lifetimes worth of backcountry skiing in the country, ... Hakuba Valley. Situated on the western coast of Japan’s largest island, ...

With upwards of 400 established ski resorts and many lifetimes worth of backcountry skiing in the country, ... Hakuba Valley resorts are all accessible with an Epic Pass. 2. Myoko.