Niseko Mountain Range
The IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting in Hokkaido,
Japan (January 2025)
Niseko Mountain Range
- Location of the meeting
The IASC Network on Arctic Glaciology meeting in 2025 will be held
from 21 to 23 January in Niseko, Japan. Niseko is a mountain town
in Hokkaido, the northern most island of Japan. The town is
situated in the southwestern part of the island, 2-3 hours' drive
from Sapporo (the captial of Hokkaido) as well as from the nearest
Chitose Airport. Some international flights are operated to
Sapporo Chitose Airport, but travelers from Europe or America
usually connect their flights at Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya. It's 1.5
hour flight from Tokyo to Chitose. Niseko is well known for heavy
snow fall. The mean snow depth in February at 1000 m a.s.l. was
3.3 m according to a record from 1996 to 2019.
- Meeting venue and accommodation
The venue of the meeting is Hilton Niseko Village, a hotel at the foot
of Niseko mountain range. A meeting room for ~50 people is booked and
guestrooms for single, double or three people are available. A special
feature of this venue is its direct access to skiing slopes from a
gondra station situated in the building. Booking your rooms in the
hotel is the most convinient option, although it is possible to find
another nearby accommodation if you prefer. Hilton Niseko Village
offers rooms with reduced rates below:
~100 Euro for sharing a room with three people
~140 Euro for sharing a room with two people
~260 Euro for single use
(/person /night, including breakfast, excluding dinner)
More details will be announced later. At this moment, please consider
your participation and plan your trip in advance. Here, you can find
information of Niseko, Hilton Niseko Village and the Niseko United ski
resort.
Niseko Tourism website
Hilton Niseko Village
Niseko United Ski Resourt website
Slides presented in the IASC NAG meeting in January 2024
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Shin Sugiyiama
Local organizer of the 2025 IASC NAG meeting
Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University
sugishin@lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp