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

Located roughly 2.5 hours from Tokyo by train in Niigata prefecture, Myoko, along with the more famed Japanese ski resorts of Niseko and Hakuba, is known for powder snow, dubbed "Japow". The resort ...

The number of ski resorts in Japan has dropped too — from 1,669 in 1985 to 449 in 2021— according to the country's largest English newspaper, The Japan Times. That includes the once-hot ...