Image credits

Photography on PowderZone comes from resort operators (used for editorial reference) and from openly-licensed sources. Where a licence requires attribution, it is given below. If you own an image here and want it credited differently or removed, email info@powder.zone.

Resort guide photos

Niseko United guide: header image courtesy of Niseko Tourism (niseko.ne.jp). Trail map courtesy of Niseko United (niseko.ne.jp), used for editorial reference.

Kiroro guide: header image courtesy of Kiroro Resort (kiroro.co.jp). Trail map courtesy of Kiroro Snow World (kiroro.co.jp), used for editorial reference.

Rusutsu guide: header image by E-190, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Trail map courtesy of Rusutsu Resort (rusutsu.com), used for editorial reference.

Appi Kogen guide: piste map and photography courtesy of APPI ALL SEASON RESORT (appi.co.jp); tree-run photo by Yuji Abe.

Iiyama guide: "Madarao Mountain Resort" by Raita Futo, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Okushiga Kogen guide: "志賀高原焼額山スキー場" by まるちゃん, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Trail map courtesy of Okushiga Kogen Resort (okushigakogenresort.com), used for editorial reference.

Hakuba Goryu guide: "Mount Goryu" by kiwa dokokano, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0. Trail map courtesy of Hakuba Goryu Snow Resort (hakubaescal.com), used for editorial reference.

Morioka area guide: "Cherry tree and Mount Iwate in winter 2023" by 掬茶, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Amihari Onsen guide: "Okunakayama Kogen Ski Resort" by __U___, via Wikimedia Commons (Okunakayama Kogen, near Amihari). CC BY 2.0. Trail map via Snow-Forecast.com (snow-forecast.com), used for editorial reference.

Aomori Spring guide: "Naqua Shirakami Ski Resort" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons (Naqua Shirakami on Mount Iwaki, near Aomori Spring). Public domain. Trail map courtesy of Aomori Spring Resort (aomorispring.com), used for editorial reference.

Geto Kogen guide: image courtesy of Geto Kogen Resort (getokogen.com). Trail map courtesy of Geto Kogen Resort (getokogen.com), used for editorial reference.

F Village guide: F Village wordmark, Hokkaido Ballpark F Village (used as a title card).

Ryuoo Ski Park guide: header image and trail map courtesy of Ryuoo Ski Park (ryuoo.com).

Hakuba guide: photo by Hiroya Nakata, courtesy of Hakuba Valley (hakubavalley.com), used for editorial reference.

Yamanouchi area guide: "Japan A Night in Shibu Onsen" by Yiannis Theologos Michellis, via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0.

Omachi area guide: "Kizaki-lake winter" by Chabata k, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Akakura area guide: "Akakura onsen ski resort" by Raita Futo, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Myoko City area guide: "Myoko-hiuchi" by E-190, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hirosaki area guide: "Hirosaki-castle-winter" by Saalhaj, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Yuzawa area guide: "Yuzawa onsen street near skiing front- river" by Syced, via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0.

Aizuwakamatsu area guide: "Aizuwakamatsu Castle" by contri, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Nihonmatsu area guide: "Nihonmatsu Castle, Fukushima 01" by Σ64, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0.

Shiga Kogen guide: "Shiga-kogen Ski-resort" by MaedaAkihiko, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kagura guide: "Chairlifts, Kagura Ski Resort, Yuzawa, Niigata" by senngokujidai4434, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Furano guide: "Furano Snow Resort" by wakimasa, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Zao Onsen guide: "Mt. Zao snow monsters" by Raita Futo, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Nozawa Onsen guide: "Nozawa Onsen 01" by Hideyuki KAMON, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Naeba guide: "Naeba" by Syced, via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0 (public domain).

GALA Yuzawa guide: "Southern area of Gala-Yuzawa Snow Resort" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Happo-One guide: "Hakuba Happo-one Winter Resort" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Myoko Kogen guide: photo from myokoskiresort.com, the Myoko Kogen ski resort website.

Myoko Suginohara guide: "Myoko Suginohara Ski Resort - Jan 13, 2014" by uka0310, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Tomamu guide: "Tomamu ski resort 01" by Masahiro TAKAGI, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Lotte Arai guide: "Lotte-Arai-Resort1" by Nyao148, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lotte Arai, vertical drop landing page: winter photo via Lotte Arai Resort's official site. Used with attribution.

Hakuba Cortina guide: "Hakuba Cortina Kokusai Ski Resort" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Tsugaike Kogen guide: "Tsugaike-Kogen Ski resort 01" by Σ64, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 3.0.

Madarao Kogen guide: "Madarao Mountain Resort" by Raita Futo, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Akakura Kanko guide: "Myokokogen-Sky-Cable" by Nyao148, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hachimantai Shimokura guide: photo courtesy of Hachimantai Resort, used for editorial reference.

Shizukuishi guide: "Mount Iwate and Mount Kurakake from Shizukuishi Ski Area" by Yasu, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Sapporo Teine guide: "Sapporo Teine Ski Resort." by MIKI Yoshihito, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Sahoro guide: "SAHORO Ski Area" by wakimasa, via Wikimedia Commons. CC0 (public domain).

Karuizawa guide: "Prince Snow Resort Karuizawa" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Ishiuchi Maruyama guide: photo courtesy of Ishiuchi Maruyama, via the resort's official site. Used with attribution.

Hakkoda guide: header image by Raita Futo, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 2.0.

Joetsu Kokusai guide: hero photo courtesy of Joetsu Kokusai, via the resort's official site.

Fujimi Panorama guide: "Fujipara.JPG" by 苗場山 (Naebayama), via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.

Mount Norikura guide: "Norikura Kogen Snow + Spa Resort" by Ski Mania, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Sugadaira Kogen guide: header image courtesy of Sugadaira Kogen Snow Resort, via the resort's official site.

Kamui Ski Links guide: header image courtesy of Kamui Ski Links, via the resort's official site.

Adatara Kogen guide: "Adatara ski resort slope" by Ndwebfe0w, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Yuzawa Kogen guide: "Yuzawa Kogen Ski Area" by Abasaa, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Homepage card images

Furano: "Furano Snow Resort" by wakimasa, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Nozawa Onsen: "Nozawa Onsen 01" by Hideyuki KAMON, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Daisetsuzan / Mt Asahidake: "初冬の旭岳" by pakku, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 3.0.

Sannokura (a gondola line): "Looking up view from Ani Gondola in winter" by 掬茶, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Shiga Kogen: "Shiga-kogen Ski-resort" by MaedaAkihiko, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Skiers-only policy: "Tsugaike Kogen Ski Resort" by Tetsuji Sakakibara, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.

Season-opening watch (satellite): "Snow in the Mountains of Hokkaido" by the MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA GSFC, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.

Niseko United (guide + lift-upgrade card): aerial image courtesy of Niseko Tourism (niseko.ne.jp).

Niseko direct flights (news card): "Niseko Gondola and Hilton Niseko Village" by Excellent moniteur de ski, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Manza Onsen (news card): "Manza prince winter" by Sklatch, via Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Akan Lakeside (news card): courtesy of Kokusetsu Akan Lakeside Ski Area (akan-ski.com), used for editorial reference.

Miyagi Zao Shiroishi (news card): courtesy of Miyagi Zao Shiroishi Ski Resort (nposki.com), used for editorial reference.

Sapporo Bankei (news card): courtesy of Ban.K Ski School, Sapporo Bankei (bankei-ski.com), used for editorial reference.

Nekoma Mountain (news card): courtesy of Nekoma Mountain Resort (nekoma.co.jp), used for editorial reference.

Map data

Places data (Overture Maps): some place names, positions and categories come from Overture Maps Foundation data, which is made available under open licences by its sources (including Meta, Microsoft and Foursquare). The credits for each source are listed on Overture's attribution page.

Places data (Nagano Prefecture): lists of licensed lodgings and food businesses come from Nagano Prefecture open data, used under CC BY 4.0. Positions worked out from their addresses use the address search of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.

Licence for the place data files: the place data files (assets/poi-*.js) combine OpenStreetMap, Overture Maps and Nagano Prefecture open data. They are made available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0. You may copy and reuse them with attribution, and any database you build from them must be shared under the same licence. The files are served from this site, for example powder.zone/assets/poi-hakuba.js.

How the map data is made: where places, lifts, runs and roads come from and how we confirm them is explained on How our map data is made.

Videos

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Gear

Gear cards name a product, describe it briefly, and link to the maker or a retailer where you can buy it. PowderZone has no commercial relationship with the brands listed and earns nothing from the links. Product names and marks belong to their owners. Product images are the manufacturer's or retailer's own, used to identify the item; contact info@powder.zone to have one changed or removed.

Gentemstick T.T: board render courtesy of Gentemstick.

Moss Snowstick SW58: images courtesy of Moss Snowstick.

Ogasaka CT: riding photos by GAMICHAN, courtesy of Ogasaka Snowboard; board render via Snowline.