Asia

Are you about to choose a ski resort and decide where to spend your next ski holiday? Check out the best ski destinations in Asia and gather some unforgettable vacation ideas. As an example, Japan, which was the first country in the region to take up skiing en masse, and is naturally blessed with mostly mountainous terrain and abundant amounts of snow. Japanese snow is also legendary for being the kind of dry, light powder that snowboarders dream of, as winter clouds arrive in Japan from Russia, bringing large amounts of super-chilled Siberian snow. This is especially true on the northern island of Hokkaido; on the main Japanese island of Honshu, the snow gets a little wetter as you head south. Honshu, however, offers better terrain and generally better developed ski areas, making it a good choice of destination. Hokkaido (Sapporo) and Honshu (Nagano) have both hosted the Winter Olympics, respectively in 1972 and 1998. Read less