Hello, I'm going for an one-week ski touring / freeride skiing trip in Hokkaido in February 2015. I can't take my equipment with me so I will need to rent it there. Do you know any place in Hokkaido where I could rent skis, skins and boots? Thank you !

You have a couple options. The ski slopes will all have rentals, as well as ski shops just outside the ski areas outside. Otherwise, I know there are ski shops in Downtown Sapporo near and inside the tanuki koji shopping arcade, which is a huge covered street for pedestrians only if you didn't want to rent on the mountain.

I haven't been to Hokkaido yet but I can offer you some information based on the general skiing infrastructure here in Japan - there should be tons of places you can rent skis from for an extended period while there particularly near any of the larger tourist spots i.e. Niseko.

Thanks. Sure, I'm interested.