Unofficial Japan

Shooting in Hakuba backcountry JPN. we late woke up. couple of skier and snowboarder rode a slope when we hiking.we wants ride that… so we have to go far way … Read More

This is Takume Oike’s edit for 2011, filmed and produced by Mighty Jamming. Oike-san lives in Hakuba, but this segment was shot last winter in various spots on Hokkaido. Oike drops … Read More

  here is today’s HAKUBA CORTINA ski area. I ski with Jake Cohn and Mile Clark. that is POWDER.  Little blue bird in morning. north face’s snow was awesome.YES!! 朝のうちは天気良。次第に風雪強まる。気温は体感で低め。 … Read More

Car Danchi, which literally means “car apartment”, is a seres of basic yet magnificent snowboard films by Neil Hartmann that follows a society of Japanese freeriders who live in their … Read More

In Japan, vending machines are everywhere. The majority of them sell simple things like soda, coffee, or beer. However, some offer much, much more. Here is a list of the … Read More

my friends Ryuya Yoshida studied math for bungee jumping. you see the Japanese man. his math is off. he looks the jumper “Mike Willson”   この数日、白馬にてスキーヤーの取材。メンバーの一人で輪ゴムで手作りのバンジージャンプをしたり、立山で特大のジャンプを繰り広げてきた吉田竜弥。

Nimbus Independent’s Niseko segment from En Route might be the best Japan footage of all time. Its a couple years old, but they just reposted it. This one has it … Read More

Since Miles and I almost died yesterday (video coming soon) we decided that today we’d stay out of the alpine and instead focus on slicing pow. Trees, pillows, concrete structures … Read More

Zach Paley has been taking some great photos this winter in Hakuba. Today was another productive one, with some quality shots at at Cortina Resort. This gallery gives an inside … Read More

Last Monday and Tuesday (Feb 6 and 7) brought a larger rain event to Hakuba for the first time this season. The rain was followed by a few days of … Read More

 Daisuke Honda (?) putting forth a strong effort on Kaerazu. Every good ski resort has one zone or line that is plain view, and everyone dreams about riding. For Happo-One, … Read More

5 months in 5 of the best ski locales on Earth during the months where each one matters most. Most snow freaks have to work and save money all summer, … Read More

National Geographic has just come up with this list of the world’s best ski towns.  They have detailed reasons why each one is great and recommendations on what do and … Read More

One of the more satisfying trends in the ski and snowboard industry in recent years has been the growth of local, boutique ski manufacturers. These brands allow you to support … Read More

Somewhere between Tokyo and the Sea of Japan lies a land of virgin pillows the likes of which only a select few have laid eyes upon. These lines are tucked … Read More

It is hard to think about rain while it is currently puking snow outside. However, it looks like we can expect temperatures to rise over the next couple of days, … Read More

Cortina is probably Hakuba’s worst kept secret. It gets more snow than anywhere else in the valley, it has fantastic tree skiing, and it is the only resort around where … Read More

There is a lot of talk so far this season about how it compares to past winters. There are surprising number of complaints that this must be a low snow … Read More

Traveling Japan: How to Get to Hakuba Flying to Tokyo The International Airport (where you want to fly to) in Tokyo is Narita (NRT). Most people have worked out there … Read More

While backcountry snowboarding in Japan, pro journalist Seth Lightcap made a simple mistake that nearly cost him his life. He was rushing to escape a bitter cold wind and decided … Read More

Two male Japanese skiers were involved in an avalanche in the Goryu ski resort sidecountry on Saturday, January 28. One of them was caught in the avalanche and killed. Evergreen … Read More

A good two feet plus of fresh snow fell last night at Happo. Thats after a couple feet the day before, and a couple feet the day before that, and … Read More

For the past few days, Hakuba has been thrust back into the center of a storm, and there is no end in sight. Zach Paley has taken a collection of … Read More

There was plenty of snow wherever you were skiing in the Hakuba area today. Unfortunately, all that snow has fallen on top of crusts on all aspects at and below … Read More

Take a look at Ian Millar’s article on Salomon Freeski TV in Hakuba. The Salomon crew spent the past couple weeks in Hakuba working on a new episode for Freeski … Read More

The Hakuba Powder Lodge is the place to stay for freeskiers in Hakuba, Japan. If you don’t believe me, take a look at the quiver here: There are only 16 … Read More