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Japan Fresh Powder - Furano and Niseko Blog
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News, photos, and the inside story from bloggers who live and work in Furano and Niseko, Hokkaido's foremost snow resorts.
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It was sad to see our early fall melt away under heavy rain last week. (The first fall almost always melts, but sad nonetheless!) Even worse news over at Kuro-dake, they were unable to open last weekend as they did not get that last push of snowfall...
A new meaning to “skiing on concrete”…
This goes under the “only in Japan” department. The "Segway Ski" enables skiing on flat dry surfaces like concrete. This fancy set of kicks features auto-balancing technology similar to the Segway. Hopefully they will have it pe...
Kuro-dake Nov 6 Open Looks Possible!
This just in from our friends at Kuro-Dake… things are looking good for their plans to open on Nov 6, once again aiming to be Japan’s first ski lift in operation for the season. They are reporting 40 cm accumulation at their base with tem...
First Ground Level Snow in Furano Resort
The news you powder hounds have been waiting for! All Hallow’s Eve has become bitterly cold, with the mercury at -2 C and dropping. At 5:00 pm we saw the first specks of white and within 20 minutes later it is coming down non-stop. Will get som...
Furano’s Sister City Knee Deep in Pow!
Stani, living in Furano’s sister city of Schladming, Austria just sent these amazing photos of an early snow season. They have over 120 snow guns at Schladming but it looks like they only needed a few of them to complete this picture… ...
Furano Ski Hill up on Google Streets!
While I was playing around at the zoo, it seems that most of Furano City, including the ski hill area, is now up on google streets. Based on the decoration it looks like the photos were taken over a year ago, but you can still get a really good idea ...
