After three sunny days, Niseko is finally getting back to normal. It's snowing. I'm with a dozen members of a snowboard club from Tokyo, and together we zip down a short run covered in fairy dust, ...

Japan has some of the top powder conditions anywhere, with seasonal snow averaging 50 feet. A trip to a Niseko ski resort in particular promises to be epic. Most ski areas pray for a good snow year.

These are Niseko problems. The powder capital of Asia, and some say the world. Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca, has faced a chilling reality in recent years: warming winters, diminished snowfall ...

Left: From malt to barrel, the process of crafting Japanese Whiskey was being explained to us during the 60-minute tour; Right: The ohoro Gin standard Have you ever wondered what’s it like in Niseko?

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There are many international-class skiing resorts in Hokkaido, but perhaps none to rival Hirafu-Niseko. Located roughly 100 km west of Sapporo, the area, which is especially popular among ski-loving ...

I am somewhere in the trees. Thigh-deep in powder. Stomping through the snow. Not riding my board as I should be but carrying it. Muttering to myself about taking the wrong line and getting stuck, I ...