Purpose, Passion, Excellence.

Hokkaido Collective was founded in 2016 by Reilly McGlashan and Makoto Sasamori with a common purpose in mind: to bring the best and most professional mountain experience you can have in Japan.

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-Mission-

Hokkaido Collective's mission is to bring the premier standard of ski instruction and guiding to the island of Hokkaido, by hiring the highest certified and most experienced instructors/guides to work together and learn from each other in order to raise the standard of the industry.

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-Vision-

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Reilly McGlashan (Founder and Ski School Director):  When Reilly made his way to Niseko from having spent 9 winters working in Aspen Ajax CO, he saw a huge opportunity to bring the same quality of instruction and guiding which people are used to in a premier resort such as Aspen. There were no ski instruction/guiding schools offering the same quality, qualifications, experience or expertise as what he had in mind.  This is where Niseko/Hokkaido had fallen short: the quality of the products offered did not match the quality of the snow. Since 2016, Reilly has been non-stop developing the highest qualified team to deliver the standard expected at a major destination resort, and will not stop until Hokkaido Collective surpasses what all other international premier resorts can offer. 

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Makoto Sasamori (Founder and Operations Manager): Makoto moved to Niseko 12 years ago to start his career in instruction and guiding. Since then he has accrued a huge portfolio of high-end clientele, who demanded just the quality Hokkaido Collective can deliver. Reilly and Makoto met through a mutual client who understood that they had the same vision: this is how Hokkaido Collective was born.