“For Westerners, Japan has become synonymous with the best powder in the world. Michelle Parker heads to Myoko Kogen with longtime friend Mark Abma to shred the coveted Japow, and to find out for themselves if skiing in Japan is truly on the decline.”

Michelle Parker’s latest installment of her webseries takes her to Myoko Kogen to verify if Japan is the greatest place on earth for early season pow shredding and to dig a little deeper into local ski culture beyond the portrayal exported by westerners who ski this magical place. One things for sure, this had me looking at flights to Tokyo:

images from Michelle Parker IG