Top Tips From Locals: Ben Howard
SkiJapan.com reservations manager Ben Howard has been calling Niseko home for almost 9 years seasonally,…
Browsing: People & Opinion
A Delicate Stroke
Believe it or not, ancient Japan had little to no use of its own written…
Japanese Flower Arranging
The art of Japanese Flower arranging, known as Kado or Ikebana (“way of flowers”), has…
A Permanent Souvenir – Interview with Eli Ferguson from Ichi Tattoo
Eli Ferguson has quickly developed a reputation as one of the leading practitioners of clean,…
To Stretch or Not To Stretch
Along with almost every other health professional, I was educated to extoll the importance of…
Olympic Pathways – Reaching for Gold with George Murphy
To compete at the Olympics is a dream for every competitive skier, and that…
Niseko Kids – Taiko
Born in Sapporo, Teppei was always an active child. After encountering wa-daiko (Japanese drums) at…
Päradise
Pär grew up in a pristine, largely untouched area of Sweden called Märsta. His father…
Keeping the Beat – Taiko performer Kris Gaethofs
My name is Kris Gaethofs and I was born in 1979 in the region of…
Mt. Yotei Junior Jazz School
The Sapporo Cultural Arts Foundation established the Mt.Yotei Junior Jazz School workshop in 2013 to…