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Snowy Goryu ridge and North Alps · Photographer: PAKUTASO · License: PAKUTASO free stock (commercial use allowed, attribution not required)

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Hakuba Cortina ski slopes · Photographer: Ski Mania · License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)

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Bowl of Japanese ramen · Photographer: Frank Zhang (5 AM Ramen) · License: Unsplash License

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Meteor Dining dishes (tonkotsu udon and karaage) · Source: hakuba-meteor.com and @meteor_hakuba · License: Restaurant-provided, used with permission

Hakuba Hospitality Group listing photos

Six HHG venues on /eat · Official site photos used with permission (Caleb Blagys / HHG outreach) · License: Restaurant-provided, used with permission

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Tokyo airports to Hakuba routes diagram · Creator: Best Hakuba · License: © Best Hakuba, all rights reserved

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Ski slope at Hakuba Goryu with the snow-covered Hakuba peaks behind · Photographer: 苗場山 · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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The snow-covered Hakuba Sanzan peaks above Hakuba village in winter · Photographer: Ski Mania · License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) · Resized and cropped for the web

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Snowy road through Hakuba village near Hakuba Station with the Northern Alps behind · Photographer: Raita Futo · License: CC BY 2.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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JR Hakuba Station and its forecourt under deep snow · Photographer: くろふね · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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The Hakuba range seen from the Hakuba 47 ski slopes, Goryu on the left and Karamatsu on the right · Photographer: 苗場山 · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Mt Hakuba-Yarigatake seen from the Tsugaike Kogen ski slopes in February · Photographer: Σ64 · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Night skiing under floodlights at Nakiyama, Happo-one, in January · Photographer: しんかわな · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Happo-one ski area seen across the valley from Hakuba Iwatake · Photographer: Ski Mania · License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) · Resized and cropped for the web

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Narita International Airport Terminal 1 and its forecourt · Photographer: 名無し野電車区 · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Matsumoto Station building, the rail change point on the way from Osaka to Hakuba · Photographer: Suicasmo · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Yamato Transport driver unloading parcels from a delivery truck · Photographer: Rebirth10 · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Usagidaira slope at Happo-one under fresh snow · Photographer: しんかわな · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Mount Goryu in winter light, the peak above the Hakuba Goryu ski area · Photographer: Alpsdake · License: CC0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Snowboarder resting on a groomed run at Hakuba 47 above the Hakuba valley · Photographer: Travis Sanders · License: CC BY 2.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Hakuba Iwatake ski slope with Mt Shirouma behind · Photographer: Ski Mania · License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) · Resized and cropped for the web

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Lifts and wide slopes at Tsugaike Kogen ski resort · Photographer: Σ64 · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Floodlit night runs at Hakuba Cortina ski resort · Photographer: yano (Panoramio) · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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White Resort Hakuba Sanosaka slope looking down to Lake Aoki · Photographer: Wrh sanosaka · License: CC BY 4.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Sun Alpina Kashimayari ski slopes below the Hida Mountains · Photographer: RESPITE · License: Public domain (Wikimedia Commons) · Resized and cropped for the web

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Skier on an open run at Tsugaike Kogen above the Hakuba valley · Photographer: Tetsuji Sakakibara from Tokyo, Japan · License: CC BY-SA 2.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Hakuba Happo bus terminal, where highway buses from Tokyo and Nagano stop · Photographer: くろふね · License: CC BY 4.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Entrance to Obinata-no-Yu, a day-use onsen in Hakuba Happo · Photographer: Thirteen-fri · License: CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Wide, gentle beginner slopes at Tsugaike Kogen, Hakuba's family resort · Photographer: Σ64 · License: CC BY 3.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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A snow monkey sitting in the steaming hot spring at Jigokudani Monkey Park · Photographer: spDuchamp · License: CC BY 2.0 · Resized and cropped for the web

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Ski boots and skis on wooden rental shelves · Photographer: Clay Banks · License: Unsplash License · Resized and cropped for the web

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