
Niseko area
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ニセコエリア
Year-round mountain destination on the slope of Mt. Niseko Annupuri, internationally known for powder snow and the four-resort Niseko United ski area, with summer hiking, mountain onsen, and dairy farms in the foothills below Mt. Yotei.
Niseko sits 100 km southwest of Sapporo on the eastern flank of the Niseko mountain range, where four ski resorts (Hirafu, Hanazono, Niseko Village, and Annupuri) connect across a single summit ridge to form Niseko United. Winter is the international draw, with consistent dry powder from December through April and an après-ski village concentrated at Hirafu. Summer reopens the gondolas for ridge hiking and the Niseko Recreation Forest boardwalks across Shinsen-numa marsh. The foothills below the mountain hold the Goshiki, Konbu, and Yukichichibu onsen, the Takahashi Farm dairy works, and the long view across to Mt. Yotei, the 1,898-meter volcano known locally as Ezo Fuji.
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