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If you're traveling to Japan's main island this Christmas, get your snow dancing shoes on and start busting out your best moves! That's the message from snow-industry managers all over Honshu, who are presently sweating on the snow Gods to deliver a season starting dump! A quick review of the long term snow-fall statistics, compiled …
Continue reading "Japan is off to a very slow start, but rest assured – snow is coming!"
Every year hordes of people write to us asking for insights or an 'insiders' guide to the Japanese resorts of Hokkaido and Honshu. While we've visited our fair share of the Japanese resorts, our time in these beautiful places is often too short. So although we've had a taste of what these resorts have to …
Continue reading "Nozawa Onsen: from the inside looking out"
For avid skiers and snowboarders, a trip to Tokyo is often nothing more than a convenient, yet interesting stop-over point while en-route to the Japanese snow fields. But for the young at heart, a visit to Tokyo presents a great opportunity to visit many of its other attractions, including the most famous theme park of all, …
Continue reading "Tokyo Disney: a must visit as part of your Japanese snow holiday"
We've had it up to our eyeballs! Why? Well, as you might be aware, social media juggernaut, Facebook, recently changed the way it decides whether a post SHOULD or SHOULD NOT appear in your news feed. Yep, they decide, not you. We just can't keep up. First Facebook decided it liked photos, then it changed …
Wayno lies on a single futon on the third story of his staff accommodation block. Wearing nothing more than a stained pair of bonds and a three day growth, he stirs, lets out an audible fart, and rolls over. Wayne - or Wayno - as he’s know to his mates, is an Australia Day bogan, …
Words by Andrew Spittle As snow lovers, we all have our morning rituals; whether it’s putting on your lucky ski socks, a warming morning shower, yoga (snowga), or in my case enjoying a good coffee. Finding a good coffee is not always easy in ski towns. North America for example until recently had a disappointing …
Continue reading "The definitive guide to finding a good coffee in Niseko, Japan"
With a monster high pressure system hovering over the mainland, unfortunately there isn't much chance of natural snow in the forecast this week 😦 High pressure systems block snow bearing cold fronts and push them south-east into the Tasman Sea, where they typically continue on their journey before crashing into New Zealand (great for our …
By Clare Shiell “We love dressing our kids in expensive gear only for them to grow out of it after one season!” – said NO ONE EVER!!! Kids take a lot of effort – I never had grey hairs before I had kids, just saying - and the snow requires a lot of gear, and …
Continue reading "Kid’s n’ snow gear: why you don’t need to take out a 2nd mortgage"
The corroboree frog With contrasting black and yellow markings, the corroboree frog is an obvious and striking example of the beauty of Australian nature. What isn't obvious is that it shares with skiiers and boarders an unusual geographic overlap: we are both at home in the Australian alpine environment. Because these frogs lie dormant beneath …
Continue reading "Aussie alpine Frog on the brink of extinction"
Hotham Alpine Resort, nestled in the Victorian highlands, is clearly an Australian favourite. Boosting average annual snow falls of 3 m, and some of the most challenging and picturesque terrain on offer anywhere, Hotham is an iconic destination for skiiers and boarders alike. In this article, the latest in our 15 minute series, we caught …
