Aussie skiers in Japan look beyond Niseko for powdery pay dirt

Hokkaido resort no longer seen as hidden gem as its fame spreads abroad

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An Australian skier takes on the mountain at Geto Kogen Snow Resort in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture.

MISCHA SENF, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- On a February weekday, Robert Jagger, a ski buff from Australia, is poised at the top of a slope marked for advanced skiers at Geto in northern Honshu, Japan's main island.

"Wow, this is going to be a fantastic tree run," the 49-year-old says, looking over the surface of the powder. He puts on his goggles and glides down into a snow-carpeted beech forest.

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