About Yukikaze

Yukikaze

Yukikaze is the English name of 北海道雪風滑雪學校, also known as SnowWind. We offer snowboard and ski lessons in Hokkaido, Japan, in Mandarin, English and Cantonese.

SnowWind — turn passion into skill

If you want to ride in the JSBA style,if you want to start here and explore Hokkaido's endless mountains,we'll be the navigator you can count on.

JSBA-certified school (Asarigawa Onsen) · lessons in Mandarin, English and CantoneseFrom your first S-turn to advanced carving and tree runs

Yukikaze at a glance

Yukikaze (北海道雪風滑雪學校) is a JSBA-certified school (certified at Asarigawa Onsen), teaching snowboard and ski lessons at 5 Hokkaido resorts with 7 coaches.

Certification: JSBA-certified school (certified at Asarigawa Onsen)
Resorts we teach at: 5: Sapporo Kokusai, Sapporo Teine, Asarigawa Onsen, Rusutsu and ONZE
Coaches: 7, led by principal KAKU
Lesson languages: Mandarin, English and Cantonese (Cantonese: Yuko, Beginner Lesson)
Group size: One coach per group, from 1 person; beginner lessons up to 6, progression lessons up to 4
Price: From ¥42,000 for 1 person (JPY, tax incl.) · Hokkaido lessons and prices
3D resort maps: 11 resorts

A good fit if

You snowboard or ski, from your first day to advanced
You want lessons in Mandarin, English or Cantonese
You are preparing for JSBA grading on a snowboard (snowboard progression lesson)

Not a fit if

You want to ride outside managed resort terrain: lessons stay in managed areas open that day
You need transport: we do not provide transfers — please make your own way to the resort
Off-piste terrain and snow information: snowwind.org

Principal carving @ Sapporo Kokusai

This is where we want to take you

Why Yukikaze

Certified, accountable

A JSBA-certified school (certified at Asarigawa Onsen). 7 certified coaches led by principal KAKU — every one rigorously assessed.

Careful teaching, our own app

We helped translate JSBA's Japanese carving terminology, and we never stop drilling our coaches' own riding.

Booking, 3D resort maps, run tracking, after-lesson feedback — all in SnowWind's own app.

Booked with confidence

Transparent pricing, one online payment, your coach locked in once the schedule is confirmed — liability insurance included in every lesson. Less worry, more riding.

What we do

Our beginner and progression lessons cover the first day on a board through advanced snowboarding and skiing, with content and prices fully public. Home resorts: Sapporo Kokusai, Sapporo Teine, Asarigawa Onsen, Rusutsu and ONZE.

The school is operated by YUKIKAZE, K.K. (株式会社雪風), founded in Sapporo in November 2024. Our website, booking and payment systems are all developed in-house. yukikaze.work

Our coaches write about technique, resorts and safety in the SnowWind Journal.

See beginner and progression lessons →

Hokkaido Powder Index

A powder index for all of Hokkaido — only at SnowWind

Only one place in Japan ever published a powder index: Furano's official Fuwa-Sara score, which uses snow-to-liquid ratio to estimate how dry and light the snow is. We took that method, recalibrated it with snowfall, wind, snow age and depth, and extended it to 11 resorts across Hokkaido. Updated daily once the season opens in December — so you know where to ride tomorrow.

See today's powder ranking →

Sister brand

SnowWind.org — beyond the ropes

Off the groomers we wear a second hat: snowwind.org, our sister brand — software built for backcountry and alpine-touring riders, with terrain and snow intel and trip-planning tools. It runs on a separate track from lessons: classes stay inside managed resort areas; the backcountry calls for real training, gear and partners — snowwind.org helps you do the homework.

snowwind.org →