Japan’s Elusive Powder Volcano Island | Mecca if you ever see sun

Japan is all the rage for powder enthusiasts and every year it is getting more and more crowded. Which still isn’t that crowded, but still. For those looking for a real adventure off the beaten track there will always be Rishiri Island. It’s a powder paradise floating somewhere in-between northern Japan and Russia. If you can score one of the two days of sun it gets all winter consider yourself lucky.

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Rishiri is a small island with 100 year around inhabitants and a 60 km that road goes around the whole island. The island lives around and for Mount Rishiri. Leaving from Wakkanai harbor, 2 hours and some 33 (nautical) miles later we could spot the whole mountain. It is a very alpine mountain, with steep faces and couloirs. We could also guess how hard the wind works on it watching its different profiles.

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Click to SPLITBOARD MAG for the trip report on Rishiri Island

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In an endless quest for paradise, every rider tries to find their own Mecca, a place where the snow is deep, dry and permanent. This kind of perpetual snow most probably only exists on uninhabitable regions, but strongholds not as inhospitable do exist, and they can make us believe we are touching Nirvana. Read the trip report to Rishiri Island, Japan, in the link in bio 📷 @juanaizpuruphotomountain

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