Japan doesn’t always leap to mind when it comes to amazing destinations for skiing; only expert powder hounds know it doubles as the Land of the Rising Snow. Each year, a lucky quirk of nature—arctic ...

The airline is launching the first nonstop service between the continental U.S. and the skiing hotspot of Sapporo, Japan.

Japan has some of the top powder conditions anywhere, with seasonal snow averaging 50 feet. A trip to a Niseko ski resort in particular promises to be epic. Most ski areas pray for a good snow year.

Hakuba, Japan (CNN) — At 5 p.m., the line outside Ohyokkuri has already begun to form. The traditional izakaya, or pub, is so popular that people start waiting outside for half an hour before it opens ...

I WHOOSHED PAST a sign whose Japanese characters may well have indicated “danger,” and within seconds bit it on a set of seriously bumpy moguls, landing in a 5-foot-high snowbank. As with any wipeout, ...

I am somewhere in the trees. Thigh-deep in powder. Stomping through the snow. Not riding my board as I should be but carrying it. Muttering to myself about taking the wrong line and getting stuck, I ...