Kiroro Ski Resort is in Akaigawa, 43 kilometers west of Sapporo and 28 kilometers from Otaru. It attracts winter sports fans ...

In Japan, the first place where ski mountaineering began was the Academic Alpine Club of Hokkaido, which is part of Hokkaido University. The students here have been skiing for over 100 years.

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 area is 2.5 hour’s drive from Chitose Airport near Sapporo and comprises four interlinked ski resorts — An’nupuri, Niseko Village, Grand Hirafu and Hanazono — with free shuttle buses ...

You also need special flying qualities on the Sapporo bakken. In the overall World Cup, Eder had to give up third place to Freitag, ahead of Katharina Schmid (GER) and Nika Prevc (SLO), who ...

Qantas will be offering direct seasonal flights from Sydney to Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport, to help make it easier for travellers to reach Hokkaido’s world-class ski resorts on Japan's ...