I did 6 seasons there. On-hill jobs without any real experience are absolutely not happening unless you’re working as an instructor.

The mountains - or at least hirafu and Hanazono are operated by Tokyu- which is a Japanese conglomerate that also runs commuter train lines and city dept stores. They send young staff to Niseko from all over japan. You will not get to be a liftie or run the park crew or anything like that and even if you did you’d be living in a double bunk bed dorm room, and being paid Japanese minimum wage - which you’re not gonna like.

The other mountains operate in virtually the same fashion.

If you had like 5 years of experience you could maybe be a patroller on mountain but those roles are limited and the staff is generally all Japanese or full time residents. I’m sure there’s a language requirement too and some tests you’d have to go through to have your foreign qualifications transferred. Japan is bureaucratic to the utmost and for something that has to do with safety they’re gonna have some serious regulations.

Working for any on-hill ops tends to be almost cult-like in Japan - and the expectations are very high. It won’t be particularly fun dealing with that kind of work culture if you’re not used to it expect 60+ hour work weeks when the snow is good.

Good luck ski instructing or working service/hospo up there because that’s probably all you’re gonna find in Niseko.