japan

I’m looking at doing a trip to Japan next winter with my wife and a couple friends. We all want to ski the light powder Japan is known for and also experience some amazing food and maybe if we plan well enough, hit an onsen for much needed soaking post powder. We're looking at going to Niseko...

So here in Japan I was talking to my regional HEAD representative. And he said that outside of sponsored athletes, Japan will not be importing race skis from overseas. HEAD will import other models for general skiers, but RD models will not be imported. So I was then asked... "After demo days...

New member, first post. After a lengthy (but fun) research, I've narrowed down my shortlist to 2 skis: Stockli Laser AX and Liberty V82. From what I read here on the forums (fora?), both are considered excellent skis, with the AX edging out the v82, it seems. I'm leaning towards the Stockli...

Feb 1st – Travel to Aomori and Start of Tohoku Trip We were on the road by 9am to head to the Shin-Hakodate train station to take the Shinkansen (bullet train) to Shin-Aomori in Tohoku, the far northern tip of Honshu. We had to return the van to the Nippon Rent-a-Car next to the station first...

Tomorrow, I’m off to Japan after taking care of business in China. A few more meetings in Tokyo and Osaka (amazing one can travel by train for a day trip between these two cities), then Hakuba. This trip was originally planned with both Hakuba and Myoko. But forecasted weather has caused me to...

G'day Pugs, Hope everyone is having a great season. Finally my season starts in earnest tomorrow as I head out to Japan again. This season I'll be out there for almost a month, from the 16th January to the 12th February. I'll have 2 weeks in Hokkaido and then 12 days in Tohoku. I'm excited to...

Hola amigos, Hope all is well and everyone has been enjoying the Fall. It's nearly time for winter and I for one am jonesing for some pow. This is what I have coming up this winter that I will be writing about. Hope you can follow some of the adventures, we'll have a few Pugs along for the...

Today marks the start of an new era for my business, The Adventure Project. Finally our new website is up and running at https://www.theadventureproject.net/. This has been about 6 months of work by Julie Appleford and myself and I'm proud of what we have achieved. If you have a moment, then...

G'day Pugs, Time for the overseas ski season to finally start for me. It's been a while coming this year.... On Tuesday, I'm heading to the Tohoku region of Japan. For those that don't know, this is the far northern tip of the main island of Honshu. This will be my first time skiing outside of...

Hi Folks- Combining a few questions here since they're related to the same trip. The trip: Ted and I are going to Japan over Christmas. We're flying direct from SFO to Tokyo on Dec 19. We spend 5 nights in Tokyo and then on Dec 25, we fly to Sapporo and take a shuttle bus to Niseko. Then on...

G'day Pugs, Hope all is well and the summer is going well. It's not too long to go till season 2019 (I know the hot weather in Denver has been kicking my butt.....) and we are planning another adventure down to Hokkaido this winter. We'd like to get as many Pugs on board as possible and turn...

It's that time of the year again; time for a new Japan trip report! Hope everyone has been having a nice Christmas and happy holidays, I for one need to get back on my skis and get back into the snow. Colorado has been having a pretty bleak time of it so far, so I have not been motivated...

Join @Mattadvproject and me on Pugski’s first international trip, 12 days of skiing the hidden gems on the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. We hope this is the first in a series of Pugski-organized trips for those of you who want to get out and and ski in some of the less-explored parts of...

Hi all. Rob here, a Kiwi living in Hokkaido, Japan's northern-most island. I am a recreational ski tourer in the winter, cycle tourer in the summer. I've lived in Japan for 11 years, 7 of those in Hokkaido, and for the last three years have been writing up Hokkaido ski touring route information...