Guides

Written pieces about skiing in Japan. Published as their authors wrote them; prices are never copied in, only linked to.

• Japan or the Alps: what's actually different

  Worth being upfront about where I'm comparing from, because it isn't like for like. I skied the Alps on school trips through my teens, a week at a time in…

• Niseko for first-timers: what a season teaching there taught me

  I taught at Niseko Village ski school for the 2019/20 season. Most of what follows is about how people ski, how they get cold, and where their money goes…