The Niseko ski area is located on the South Western side of Japans northern island of Hokkaido; and is one of Asia’s largest ski fields, world famous for the incredible amount, and quality of its powder snow.

This South West Hokkaido region receives its low-pressure weather fronts from Siberia, coming across the sea with a very low moisture count combined with temperatures rarely above 10 degrees these weather patterns deliver the unique Niseko Powder and the average 14 metres of snow every year.

The region provides a number of activities in winter from the obvious skiing and snowboarding to cross country, snowshoeing, snow mobiling, cat skiing, dog sledding, indoor rock climbing and natural spring onsen’s.

As with a number of things in Japan the transportation system is extremely efficient. Hokkaido is regularly serviced by both domestic and international flights. New Chitose Airport receives direct international flights into Sapporo from a number of countries including mainland China Hong Kong, Russia, Korea, and Taiwan. All travel time is dependent on weather and road conditions.

Domestic flights from Tokyo to the New Chitose Airport (Sapporo) can be easily and cheaply obtained with over 40 flights per day! 

Tokyo (Haneda/Narita) travel to Sapporo New Chitose airport Flight: 90 minutes

Local Hirafu travel to Kutchan (local town) Local Bus: 15 minutes Taxi: 15 minutes Car: 10 minutes

Niseko travel to Airport (Sapporo New Chitose airport) Train: 145 minutes Bus: 150 minutes

Time Zone With no jet lag (time zones are almost the same as HK, SG & AU) which is normally associated with long haul flights to Europe and North America this helps to ensure that Niseko provides excellent value for money and ease of access for those travellers with direct flight access.

For example:In Australia the average drive to the snowfield is 6 hours - direct flights can have you at the foot of the ski hill in Niseko in under 12 hours. Direct flights from Hong Kong to Sapporo take approx 4.25 hours so you can be hitting the slopes within 7 hours.