It was the perfect powdery snow blown in from Siberia that attracted the Aussie skiers.
As much as we love flying out of Tokyo’s Haneda, Monocle opts for the slow train to Hokkaido for the holidays the 19.03 from Ueno to Sapporo.
Stooping to pat a bewildered penguin on the head and flashing a dazzling smile at the waiting press pack, Tomihisa Taue looks every inch the local mayor.
Defunct US outerwear brand Mighty Mac is being revived for 2010 by Japanese firm 35 Summers.
Japan’s bullet train network will nudge further north in 2010: an extension of the Tohoku Shinkansen line between Hachinohe station and Aomori on the northern tip of the main island Honshu is earmarked for completion in December.
