Fabulous powder snow of 下倉Shimokura

Shimokura 下倉、Iwate, Japan

For those who love winter sport, Hokkaido of Japan may already sound familiar.

I do agree

that Hokkaido has great powder snow. However, there are many other places in Japan that have fabulous powder snow too.

One of those places is Iwate prefecture in the Northern part of Honshu Island.

I particularly love Shimokura Ski Resort with its relatively steep uncompressed slope (38°) which is covered with fantastically thick powder snow.

This slope is great for training oneself before challenging more extreme slopes which can only be reached by helicopter or other means.