Yeah, yeah, you've heard all about Niseko, the ski and snowboard mecca of Hokkaido. You already know it's the in place to go and that people from all over the world flock to Niseko for the famous deep powder snow that averages 15 meters per year.

You probably even know that it's far cheaper to ski in Japan than most Western countries.

Now I'll tell you something you probably didn't know: In Hokkaido, you can climb a volcano and ski down it, you can ski to an onsen hot spring in the middle of the mountains for a mid-afternoon soak, and you can ski a different ski area every day for 100 days.