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hakuba Resort is located 1.5 hours by bus from Sapporo. Buses run frequently every day from Sapporo airport to hakuba in winter and in summer. hakuba is a three-peak resort with 42 km of groomed runs. The 17-lift system is excellently linked. The main lifts are gondolas, and all quad chairs are hooded. Japan is all about culture with a capital C. Half the fun of a ski holiday here are the amazing experiences to be had sampling this incredible culture, the food, the people and the therapeutic waters of the open air hot springs named Onsens . The other half is shredding powder all day and night until you can't take any more.
There are legendary backcountry powder runs and lots of great tree runs. Powder hunters invariably flock to Hakuba in search of spectacular deep powder, off-piste runs and challenging terrain. hakuba is famous for it's deep and fluffy powder snow. The resort area starts from an altitude close to sea-level and rises to 1200m, offering over 1000m in elevation. Hakuba is made up of 57 runs consisting of 38 lifts and gondolas and totaling over 47 km in groomed slopes Hakuba is comprised of 3 interlinked first-class ski resorts; Annapuri, Hirafu and Higashiyama. * Spectacular skiing and snowboarding ACCOMMODATION The powder snow of the Hakuba region is legendary with up to 600 inches or 15 meters of snowfall each season. This compares to about 500 inches of snow that are recorded in some of the snowiest ski resorts in North America or Europe.
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There are many flights to Sapporo (New Chitose) from Tokyo (Haneda), and Osaka (Kansai), at last look there is only one flight a day from Tokyo (Narita). You can travel to Hakuba from New Chitose Airport by bus or train. This is the easy part and once at Chitose you have a variety transports to the resort. What travellers should really avoid is having to arrive at say Tokyo Narita airport and then want to transfer to Tokyo Haneda. If travelling from Australia there Qantas are changing their schedules regularily to cope with the demand. Qantas offer the ideal flight direct into New Chitose Sapporo on a 9 hour trip. REAL ESTATE - INVESTING IN hakuba
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