Last season East coast USA Flow snowboards+Sessions+Skullcandy rider Tim Humphreys and photographer Rami Hanafi got some great days in Niseko that scored the cover of the Transworld Snowboarding December 2010 issue with a beauty photo dropping in on the avalanche barriers of Nakayama pass. Tim raps a bit about his thoughts on Hokkaido and getting camera lucky. What a rad cover!

Pro ski Tanner Hall gives us a step by step to stepping it up on twin tips. Watch this "how to"  Cab 540's a few times then take it to a mellow jump in the Hanazono park in Niseko this season. New season, New tricks. Enjoi!

Don't miss out on -15% off Niseko United season passes this winter! The free sign up and deal ends October 31st. The snow is falling and we are getting Hyped for the dry Hokkaido Powder! -Just letting you know... Holiday Niseko

Check the Free Ski Nimbus crew floating mad-powder lines Niseko, Nakayama pass and baciscally all over this Hokkaido Island last season. No soundtrack to this- so it's just as quiet and muffled as when you are rippin through the deep. ...with out headphones that is. Enjoi! HolidayNiseko

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Niseko/6day/top Next week negative degrees on top of the mountain. Bring on the snow and check the details at snow-forecast all snowy season. Holiday Niseko

Winter is just around the corner and it's time to start training those odd muscles for the deep Niseko powder to come. We thought this video could be of help in starting up a mellow training routine  this autumn and early winter. The Holiday Niseko Crew is getting ready for what ever the mountain throws at us by biking, skating and following a few of these training tips. Cheers. Snowboard/Skiing training tips video

The 30cm snowfall that blanketed the village earlier this week is a sharp reminder the 09/10 ski season is only 3 weeks away.  Many people have taken advantage of our early bird discounts this season and the key dates around Christmas and New Years are starting to fill up.  If you are planning to ski Japan this winter and haven't organized your Niseko Hirafu accommodation yet I would recommend doing so soon. In winter many guests staying in our

Many of our guests are quite surprised to know that Ashley and I have spent over 11 years in Hokkaido and that we have also been friends since our snowboarding days in New Zealand.  What brought us here and kept us here so long? Our common interest in snowboarding and Hokkaido's famous powder snow of course. With winter rapidly approaching here is a taste of what to expect - (see if you can spot Ashley)
Thanks to our good friends Johnny Samoa, C

In October many Japanese people love to travel into the mountains and countryside to see "Kouyou" (Autumn colours). The mountain roads and hot springs around Niseko become quite busy in the weekends during this period. For those without a car, Japan Rail puts on a special kouyou steam locomotive that runs from Otaru and through the Niseko area.

There are currently 108 active volcanoes in Japan (ten percent of the world’s total). On average eruptions or abnormal phenomena are observed at 10 volcanoes a year in Japan. In Japan an active volcano is defined as “volcanoes which have erupted within 10,000 years or volcanoes with vigorous volcanic gas and water vapor releases.” In Hokkaido 19 volcanoes fit that description and there have been 16 large-scale eruptions in the last 350 year