On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Cveto heads out into the mountains with the Alpine Club ... Hokkaido University Students in Sapporo were first taught to ski by a German language teacher ...

The garden is about a 10-minute walk from Sapporo Station in the center of the city. With no nearby mountains ... larger than those typically found on Japan’s main island of Honshu.

This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival ... in from Hokkaido's mountains to build its famous ...

Rusutsu Resort is Hokkaido’s largest all-season resort, is 90 minutes by car or free shuttle from Sapporo ... is one of Japan’s premiere skiing destinations. Choose from three mountains ...