Interesting article about the resort I work at
 

Foreign investment in the Niseko region has been going on for quite sometime now but it seems the recent wave of Chinese investment is ruffling some feathers

China's growing clout felt in Niseko | The Japan Times Online

I read that on JT when it first came out and wondered how close you were to it. I guess pretty close! I also saw on NHK Newsline some reports on Chinese people going to Hokkaido to buy plots of land and how locals are concerned with the land being deforested since Japanese wood is highly sought in China.