Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some ... Valley that had hosted events for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics. They took a lift to the resort’s highest point and hiked uphill for an ...

In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known for its world-class ski resorts. But while the area's mountains are undeniably magnetic - they were the stage for ...

But Nagano's Hakuba ... Rising international interest to ski in Japan is fueling an influx of investment, as foreigners scoop up homes and pour money into resort developments.

Japan's snowy Myoko highlands, which is about a two-hour train ride from Tokyo, will soon be home to a US$1.4 billion (S$1.8 billion) mega-resort built by a Singaporean real estate investment company.

TOKYO: Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the ... “Heavy snow is both a joy and a worry” for resort workers, said Shinichi Imoto, a spokesperson for Washigatake Ski Resort ...

Nagano/Hakuba (main island), and the various ski resorts around Sapporo like Niseko and Rusutsu (on Hokkaido). Of course, there are dozens of other smaller ski resorts and backcountry zones equally ...

But in Myoko’s Suginosawa district, which faces the border with Nagano Prefecture ... has acquired five ski resorts in Japan, including the Naeba resort in Niigata Prefecture, from Seibu ...