Best ski resorts in Japan

How we picked

A Siberian airmass crossing the Sea of Japan dumps the world's driest, deepest snow on Hokkaido and the Japanese Alps from December into March. These twelve resorts span the powder bowls of Niseko and Kiroro, the tree-skiing of Rusutsu and Furano, the historic onsen ski-towns of Nozawa, Myoko and Zao, and the Olympic terrain of Hakuba. Add ryokan stays, hot-spring soaks at the end of every day, and a service standard the Alps cannot match.