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5 Winter Day Trips from Sapporo
Sapporo is an ideal base from which to explore other areas of vast Hokkaido! From penguins to icebreakers, and ice sculptures to festivals, Hokkaido has so much to see and experience.
Sapporo is an ideal base from which to explore other areas of vast Hokkaido! From penguins to icebreakers, and ice sculptures to festivals, Hokkaido has so much to see and experience.
Japan gets so much snow that some of its biggest resorts offer skiing into the second week of May—and there's even one that goes into July!
This small train station in Hokkaido has kept open for one high school girl until she graduates at the end of March 2016.
When you get tired of the pistes, there's always plenty of powder off the back—or further up! From Nagano to Hokkaido, here are the nine best backcountry ski spots in the country.
Sapporo is the fifth most populous city in Japan, yet most of the big tourist attractions can be reached on foot from Sapporo Station.
Two snowboarding GoPro athletes explore the white wilds of winter in Niseko, Hokkaido.
Here's a selection of places that are beautiful in the warm weather, but in the winter, that beauty is multiplied!
Did your favorite Japanese ski or snowboard spot make it to the Top 5?