Niseko reviews (Page 2)

awesome place! was there on 4 and 5 2011. started with 2 days of sunshine and some nice top trips :) Then the snow came about 30 cm every day! It is not an extreme ride, but okay, nice forest ride may not be the longest ride you have, but you can go the more so I can really recommend this place.
We hired a Swedish who lived there for 20 years approx. a rather simple house in the countryside, but cozy. about 10 min by car from central hirafu. We also had to borrow his car, it was included in the rent. then it was easy to get between the ski areas and the onsen! (hot Springs)
 then contact him if you are thinking of going there, he also guides.
Per Dahlin

Was there the 1998 sports license!

It was snowing in principle all the time. A real good ski resort, which you can not afford so often.
But they cry strange things if you drive under the chair lift. Lucky to be Japanese, when the snow was so good!

Niseko rules!
Had 2 wonderful weeks in the powder paradise (v7 & 8 2008). It snowed constantly for 7 days, which meant cruel, bottomless, cold powder snow. Then 2 days of sunshine. and late snow again :-))).
The top is 1300 m, so it will be quite short, but what does it do when the snow is amazing? The off-piste is accessed via "gates" that open and close by Ski-Patrol. The Japanese follow rules, and it may be good to comply with the ski patrol's recommendations, otherwise the ski pass will be lifted. The best area is Hanazono. Best lunch Gyoza-Ramen at noodle house in An'nupuri.
All this cruel powder snow combined with amazing Japanese food and delicious hot springs (onsen) to recover in.
Days of total happiness!
Anna

I found Heaven
do not think there are no more europs going there?
There are, however, a lot of Aussis there
and everyone goes offpist beginners as well as professionals,
but it does not matter much because there is a lot of dry snow
we got 40 centimeters a day v.4 2008
the whole mountain felt untouched every morning we woke up.
The Hanazona area is the best
try eating catskiing in niseko weisshorn, it's an old ski area there
the lifts have stopped walking. costs only 5500 yen for a full day and you go without a guide. the weekends for then there are a lot of people.
The best period is beginning January to mid February
forget about sun protection I saw the sun an hour in a week.

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/niseko-now.php

We'll be there next year there for 6 weeks

Avalanche Mike

Feels like it's time to kill a couple of myths about skiing in Japan. It seems that most people founded their thoughts on the 1991 Critical Condition. 1) It is not particularly expensive to go skiing in Japan. Type like Europe or a little cheaper. Flights to Sapporo can be found for around 6800 riksdaler. 2) The fact that the Japanese do not go offpist is a myth. They do as much as in the Alps, but they are strictly forbidden in many places, and Japanese are breaking rules. However, Niseko is an exception. Offpist are you "on your own" but that's okay, except on a part of the mountain with extremely high avalanche risk. If you go there, you risk a fine ...

But skiing then? The mountain is not particularly large (large as the species Åre), nor is it particularly steep and dramatic. But it does not matter because it's snowing a lot every year. We had dry fluffy pillows every day! Even because we managed to capture the best season start on type 20 years but the snow situation in Niseko is legendary. Most of the rides occur in the forest among larch trees, properly deployed without becoming too crowded and messy. The archipelago of Val d'Isere can throw in the wall, this is the world's best forest skiing. A short shark to the top opens large areas and competition is at the right level, having been in Chamonix is ​​the pure heaven kingdom.

I usually be picky but this is a place everyone should experience at least once in a lifetime. Just as good is it.