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Salt Road Festival 2011 – Day Two in Hakuba

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Sarah

Day two of the Salt Road Festival – Shionomichi Matsuri – saw Sarah from Snow Season Japan dress up in Samurai costume and make the walk from Lake Aokiko to Hakuba along the ancient Salt Road. Another fantastic day with … Continue reading →

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December snow in Hakuba

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Sarah

Over the last two weeks we’ve almost had non stop snowfall in the Hakuba valley – it’s made for some really awesome powder riding and beautiful scenes all over the village! Here’s a few snaps from the last few days… … Continue reading →

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Winter season in Hakuba opens with an epic powder day!

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Sarah

Thursday 16th December saw Happo One, Hakuba’s biggest resort, open it’s lifts for the first time of the 2010/2011 Winter season – and it turned out to be an awesome powder day. Just the top lifts were open, but the … Continue reading →

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Powder video from 2010 winter season in Hakuba

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Sarah

Check out this video made by some of the local Japanese snowboarders in Hakuba during the 2010 winter season. It shows some of the awesome terrain you can access in Hakuba, as well as all that powder. Deep powder, epic … Continue reading →

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Summer season in Hakuba

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Sarah

Ever wondered what Hakuba looks like in the middle of summer without all that snow? During winter the village is quite literally buried under metres and metres of snow, no complaints here! By May all the snow at village level … Continue reading →

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