International visitors pour into Japan — to the delight and dismay of its ski towns
Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...
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In Japan's ski resort area of Myoko, trepidation as more foreign money pours in
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". The resort ...
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Japan’s Ski Slopes Have Too Much of a Good Thing: Snow
By Kiuko Notoya and Mike Ives Kiuko Notoya reported from Tokyo. Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow ...
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How this Japanese ski town became the powder capital of Asia – and maybe even the world
My hometown is close to Nozawa Onsen (a ski resort on Japan’s Honshu island) that has been battered by snow this year). The snow is very, very wet and heavy there. I can ski much better in ...
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International visitors pour into Japan — to the delight and dismay of its ski towns
The number of ski resorts in Japan has dropped too — from 1,669 in 1985 to 449 in 2021— according to the country's largest English newspaper, The Japan Times. That includes the once-hot ...
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In Japan’s ski resort area of Myoko, trepidation as more foreign money pours in
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.” The resort ...
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Japan ski slopes have too much of a good thing: Snow
TOKYO: Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow – some areas had more than 12 feet (3.65m) of snowpack this ...
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In Japan's ski resort area of Myoko, trepidation as more foreign money pours in
along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed "Japow". The resort areas are a huge part of Japan's tourism boom, also fuelled by a weak yen ...