Just returned from our 5th trip in 12 years. Great to see many changes, but based on increased prices, bigger crowds and lift lines (...only at base) and the fact you cannot book a dinner anywhere, I think we are now tapping out. Fair enough about the lack of notice by government for Niseko to re-open but to see so many tourists sitting around with their kids etc in the snow eating out of food vans on the street is pretty ordinary (....so was the food). Luckily we had a great kitchen and did cook ups each night and actually saved a lot of $$.....but we are on holidays. As always epic,.....no I mean EPIC snow and really that's what its about. However, every time I do Japan, I book Canada as I need better terrain. Great memories but after going to a lot of other resorts in Japan, there's better options out there.

Niseko Village ski resort offers not many runs and the runs could be very narrow. It may get boring after a couple of goes but the good thing is that the whole Niseko resort is interconnected so it is easy to access Hirafu, Hanazono or Annapuri area.