27/11/2020
6:25 pm

Japan Powder Ski Holidays

In this episode of our Snow Traveller Talks series we meet the founder of Japan Powder Ski Holidays, Josh Norris. A Queenslander now living in Hakuba, Josh has a long-term relationship with skiing in Japan and is passionate about every aspect of Japanese culture – and of course he loves Japan’s powder snow. To help us better understand Josh’s journey building Japan Powder Ski Holidays, we asked him to tell his story with the aid of 10 photos…this is Josh’s story.

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Josh Norris

Josh has been skiing in Japan since 1992. He has run successful financial companies in Australia before purchasing the Aqua Alpine Hakuba.  He is now 100% focused on Japan Powder Ski Holidays and helping skiers and snowboarders have the best time in Japan.

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