Hakuba, Japan Info from Licensor: "The skier was aware of a possible avalanche and received information by radio from friends ...

Skiing great Hermann Maier won four medals at the Olympics - and suffered one of the Games' most terrifying high-speed ...

This is the hilarious moment a snow lift took out two slope users at the same time when it whacked them both on the head. Footage shows a cable chair passing by and striking the two holidaymakers at ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

TOKYO >> Hotels and restaurants in the popular Hakuba ski resort village are packed to capacity amid a surge in international tourists on the slopes, and visitors to the village are expected to grow ...

Mount Hakuba-Norikuradake is just one of several Japanese mountains that provide ideal conditions for backcountry skiing and snowboarding. But these scenic and unpatrolled areas, which lure winter ...

The sharpest increase per tax office was recorded in Hakuba village, Nagano Prefecture. Hakuba’s rise by 32.1 percent was attributed largely to the surge in tourist numbers. Kikuyo, Kumamoto ...