Tag: Nozawa Onsen

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The skierĀ“s guide to the Japanese powder galaxy

The combination of a unique culture, rich food tradition, local hospitality and one of the world’s best snow records has in recent years made Japan a stable in ski destination bucket lists. Japan has hundreds of distinctively different ski areas on two islands, which can make planning your first trip […]

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Tracing the roots of Japanese skiing in Nozawa Onsen

It is two a.m. and dark outside. I watch heavy wet snowflakes gently floating down in theĀ halo of a solitary street lamp behind the tinted glass window of our traditional ryokan styleĀ room. Unable to sleep, I get up and quietly push open the sliding door with the paper panels, trying […]