hakuba

Professional snowboarder and environmentalist Goro Komatsu fights climate change with Protect our Winters Japan.

Don't miss out on these early bird season pass and lift package deals for Japan's ski resorts.

Check out upcoming events and races held throughout Japan this summer and early fall.

Glancing down to check my footing, I tried to ignore the forty meters of rope snaking down below me without a single piece of pro...

Mountainfilm on Tour brings a selection of culturally rich, adventure-packed and inspiring documentary films curated from the Mou...

If a picture speaks a thousand words, Yuske Hirota’s life is a novel.

On a cold autumn morning atop Mt. Iwatake, the clouds blanket the valley and the sleeping village of Hakuba. It's just before sunrise, and the peaks of Shirouma and Karamatsu are vividly painted by the first rays of the morning sun. Near the top of ...

Ian Miller came to Japan to snowboard when he was 19.  “I was really into snowboarding and met so many Japanese people ba...

Travis Rice’s new film recently premiered in Tokyo to a packed house. The film charts the hydrological cycle across the Pacific Ocean to Japan and beyond.

Hakuba is a great backcountry launching point, but many visitors might not realize its full potential.

Training and preparation are paramount to playing safe in the backcountry, and recently guides and instructors are putting more e...

Over the last decade, Jeremy Jones has been perhaps the biggest name in big mountain snowboarding. He has appeared in numerous ex...