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Niigata
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Just a little over an hour away from Tokyo is Niigata, home to world-class sake and cuisine, authentic hot spring towns, ocean sunsets, thrilling alpine hikes and of course, powder snow.
Backcountry Tours
Get to Know Salomon Experience
Go backcountry skiing with Olympic skier Akira Sasaki, test Salomon and Atomic's latest gear and more!
Climbing
Refreshing Alpine Adventures
Anyone who has spent a lot of time here knows the mountains of Japan are an adventure playground of almost unlimited scope. When ...
Art and Film
Explore Art and Nature in Echigo-Tsumari
At the base of Niigata Prefecture lies the mountainous region of Echigo-Tsumari. The beautiful 760 sq.-kilometer area f...
Cat Skiing
Hikarigahara Highlands
Masanori Takeuchi is a legend in snowboarding. Hailing from the Joetsu area of Niigata, he was raised a skier and then discovered...
Hiking
The Shinetsu Trail
There are many places in Japan where you can climb up to a mountain, stay in a hut or tent, then get up the next day and head off...
The Naked Stranger
Episode 8: Bringing the World Back Home
The Japanese are great imitators. They love to take little slices of the rest of the world and put them here in Japan. Go to ...
Telemark Skiing
Photo Essay: Myoko Kogen with Adam Ü
Two weeks of endless powder in Myoko Kogen If I was forced to rank my best powder memories, my time in Myoko during January 20...
Skiing
Japan’s First Turns: 100 Years of Skiing
Mt. Kanaya is an unremarkable hill. Arrive in summer, and the short chairlift is running visitors to the top, so they can ride a ...