When Is The Best Time to Ski & Ride Japan? Originally written in 2013 Brought to you by HAKUBAVALLEY Japan is the snowiest place on Earth.  They get more snow than anywhere else in the world. There are places on Honshu Island (Tokyo’s island) that receive 1,200 to 1,500 inches of snow per year. Hakuba, Japan generally gets about 300 inches of snow in January alone. In 2015, Hakuba saw […] SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 14 Comments
The Top 6 Reasons To Go To Japan This Winter Brought to you by HAKUBAVALLEY Japan is as hot as any skiing/snowboarding destination can be. You want to go to Japan and you want to go now. It’s only going to get busier every year. “The time is now.” Storms don’t matter in Japan. A cold wind blows out of Siberia, crosses the Sea of Japan, picks up moisture, and […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 12, 2019 6 Comments
VIDEO: Antti Autti in Closer Here we are at the mid-point of January and both west and east coasts have plenty to look forward to in the coming days. Models are coming into agreement and storms are being upgraded. Froth levels are starting to build as we daydream about the radii we’d like to push our equipment through once the soft stuff has piled up. […] Featured Video Jon Roubik | January 18, 2019 0 Comments
When to Score in the Land of the Rising Sun Japan continues to become an ever more popular destination for powder hounds seeking out waist deep turns and it’s easy to see why. With 600″ average annual snowfall for some areas, the likelihood of scoring multiple powder days while on a trip becomes nearly a guarantee. In fact, some locations have been said to have seen snowfall in the range of […] Weather Jon Roubik | November 16, 2018 0 Comments
Japanuary | Hokkaido by Van Words by Gomez: “For 30 days, known as ‘Japanuary’, I navigated the island of Hokkaido in my bad ass 10 person AWD Toyota Grand Cabin van, chasing legendary Japanese sake powder, feasting at izakayas and sushi dens, zenning out in onsens and operating the inaugral CASA Tours Sake Pow Tour. This is not my first adventure being an adult with the linguistics of a toddler, I’ve spent years perfecting my blend of Spanglish […] SnowBrains | March 27, 2014 0 Comments
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