thanks for the advice on here. Is it worth spending any time in the hakuba valley skiing or better off going straight north to niseko/hokkaido area? The other hard part about taking more than 7 or...

Mainly looking to do skiing and not so much tourist stuff

Assuming coming from the east coast, how much time should someone budget for time in order for a trip to be worth it? If I left Boston on a friday and returned saturday the following week, would...