We hired 3 days of guiding in the Tohoku area, but due to an uncommon heat wave we changed our plans and stayed up north in the Aomori region, skiing Aomori Spring and Mt. Hakkoda. Japan Ski Tours provided a certified Canadian guide (go Andrew) and he guided us to amazing spots. Despite less-than-average snowfall in the area, we still had about 20-30cms of new powder every day. If you want to discover the 'real' Japan, Tohoku and Aomori are 100% worth it! It's also quite easy to ride the bullet train from Morioka or Aomori up to Hokkaido.
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Skied three days at 3 different resorts with hotel pickup from Morioka, very competent guide helped us find great powder stashes in the trees, some of the areas don’t seem to like off piste skiing so it was great to have a guide who knew where to go
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