NISEKO

Niseko - Niseko is a popular ski resort town in Japan. Niseko has excellent deep powder snow and a long ski season. Niseko Guide.

Niseko (ニセコ町; -chou) is a town and ski resort located in Abuta District, Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan. Niseko is widely regarded as the best ski resort in Japan for three main reasons: weather, size and infrastructure. Niseko is particularly popular with Australian skiers who can ski in their off season.
(Niseko Map - shows the location of Niseko within Hokkaido.)

Niseko Snow - Where the best deep powder comes from.

Thanks to its northern location Niseko is fed by weather streams that come from Siberia rather than from Eastern Japan, the resort is blessed with a consistently high and light snowfall producing impressive amounts of powder.

Niseko ski facilities cater to the English language market with bilingual signs making life very easy for first time visitors to Japan. Niseko Grand-Hirafu Lift Ticket Office. Picture Oga

Niseko Ski Resorts

In terms of size, Niseko is actually four resorts in one: Niseko Moiwa, Niseko Annapuri, Niseko Higashiyama and Niseko Hirafu.

Niseko Transport

There are several ways to get to Niseko from overseas and going via Tokyo is not normally the best.

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