Niseko and Beer?

If you have been to a few places around the world skiing and snowboarding you would have most likely experienced a few different types of beers and possibly though, "why does this beer taste so good?" Well you are not the only one and these guys have decided to make a business out of it, we have to say we at Niseko Webzine are a little jealous.

Want to know what the hell we are on about? Read this article here

Niseko Night Session

So you are thinking of coming to Niseko this winter! If not you should be! For those of you that have not been here before, night skiing or snowboarding or whatever you kids are into these days, is one thing you have to experience before you can say you have been to Niseko. But be warned, be ready for the weather! We found this little photo while cruzin the net waiting for winter to come back around and thought we would share it with the world.

Photo was taken by Shelly Johnston, thanks for posting it on the web Shelly, love your work and hope to see you back in Niseko again this year.

Check out Shelly's photo here

Niseko Summertime

What's on this week 11th August - 17th August?

Monday
- 6pm Soccer - Sunsports Land. All Welcome!

Tuesday
- 6am Road Bike Ride - Meet at Kutchan Station. Cruisey ride through the potato fields. Beginners welcome.
- 6pm Touch Rugby - Sunsports land. All Welcome!August 12th-24th Minamo Photography Exhibition - Shapes and Colours of Half-moon Lake (Hangetsu-ko) - Lake Toya. Details: www.toyako-vc.jp/

Wednesday
- 5.30pm Mountain bike JAM - Meet at SunSports with your bike and 100 yen for some MTB fun in the forest - info:Niseko Mtb

Thursday
-6am Road Bike Ride - Meet at Kutchan Station. Cruisey ride through the potato fields. Beginners welcome.
- 6pm Touch Rugby - Sunsports land. All Welcome!
- 8pm Darts Competition - The Brick. JPY 500 to play, winner takes all. All Welcome!

Thursday
- Saturday, August 14 - 16 @ KyogokuKyogoku Furusato Festival @ Sanjou dori Shoutengai (Kyogoku town)14th 10am - 9.15pm, 15th 10am - 8.45pm, 16th 4pm - 8.30pm. Bon Odori were originally a religious ceremony held to send off spirits, but they have become local festival for entertainment. Inquiries 0136-42-2111.Friday6pm Soccer - Sunsports Land. All Welcome!

For the rest of the dates and times on what is happening in Niseko check it out here

Niseko Playground

Warren Miller, the world famous ski/snowboard/extreme sport series films and all round nice guy has slipped a little Japan into his Playground film!

His crew checks out Tomamu and of course Niseko!

You can see the trailer of the film right here - Playground

Mtb Dirty Wednesday

Yer it is hump day again! But the good news is you can get your flow on at Dsen tonight with the Niseko MTB crew!

The word on the street from the organisers:

The D sen will be in top condition after the sweltering temperatures over the last couple of days. COME enjoy an early evening blast on:- Wednesday- 17.30 at SunSports- 100JPY for the BONGO fund Keen Ken has been out with his whipper snipper working on an extension. let us know if you have a sassa slashing implement and a will to use it. we have about 500m more track to clear.

ALSO Niseko Cycle Week - www.nisekocycleweek.com - check the program and make sure you are around that week.

Ride while you can!

Fatal slip from ski lift

A 31-year-old Sydney adventurer slipped off a ski lift in Chile and died when he tried to make his way across the perilous Andes, his family says.

Julian Fine's family stressed that he was doing nothing reckless when he fell from a ledge at the Portillo resort, north of Santiago, on Tuesday.

Read full story here

Japan Ski Holiday Specialist

With all the media attention on Japan as a ski destination in the last few year there has been a lot of "ski holiday specialists" taking advantage of unaware travelers looking for the ultimate snow holiday in a cultural rich country, however so many people have been let down and have bad memories of Japan.

Well there are now some new kids on the block that truly are Japan ski holiday specialists! Experience in the snow holiday industry and years of living all over Japan gives these guys the knowledge and experience to deliver a true Japan snow holiday that will blow your skirt up!

Do yourself a favor and check em out!

Kaku Cafe Jazz Night, Kutchan

Well the Kutchan Jazz Festival has been and gone for another year! But that is not to say lovers of jazz can not get their fix of some live and cool tunes! The best cafe in Niseko and Kutchan is hosting a jazz night; this will be a night not to miss!

Could It Be A Wet Weekend

This weekend is not looking good for outdoor adventure with a wet lead up to the weekend it looks like the weekend could be more of the same type of treatment. We can only hope that we wake up tomorrow to a perfect summer day in Niseko to rock the oldies at park golf and spark up the BBQ!

WhoTurned Off Their Lights?

Following our last blog post (Niseko news) regarding the Toyoko G8 Preparation Council requesting everyone to turn off their lights, it was unbelievable the amount of establishments that did not make the effort to support the cause!

During the two hours of darkness the Niseko Webzine crew took time out and enjoyed a walk around the village. We lurked in the shadows and darted from roof top to roof to spy on who was destroying the world. It is safe to say the majority of houses that had lights on are occupied by the western community of Niseko!