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Hakuba, Japan pow. It just keeps snowing.

Feb 21 (TJ in Hakuba) - We hit it out of the park here in Hakuba this week with another storm delivering huge amounts of snow.

The gullies are filling and the base just keeps growing. 3 big powder days and we also had a 10cm day thrown in there at Tsugaike too. From my experience the 10 cm day is probably the perfect amount for most skiers. They can get that floating feeling whilst still taking an edge on their turns. That is until they get up to speed with deeper powder technique and the floating feeling and then that’s what they’ll be chasing forever. That’s why people keep coming back to Japan to ski and snowboard.

We are one step closer this week with the Japan borders opening up. The Japanese government announced that business and student visa holders can enter with only a home quarantine of 7,3 or zero days depending on where you have arrived from. Bit by bit we are seeing positive movement for tourism to open before next winter.

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