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Last week I went to Hakuba Happo Ski Resort in Nagano Prefecture.   Surprisingly beautiful place to be because it was really clear day. Views from mountains were spectacular. On top was like lunar surface. The courses are great. One more surprising thing was that there were many foreign skiers or snowboarders. At least one out of 10 people skiing or snowboarding were foreigners, mostly from Australia. I spoke with one Australian woman about why she chose to come to Hakuba. She said the place is better than Australia in terms of skiing or snowboarding because...

Last Monday, US Ambassadar to Japan, Caroline B. Kennedy wrote the below comment on her twitter page.  "Deeply concerned by inhumaneness of drive hunt dolphin killing. USG opposes drive hunt fisheries." I guess she was impressed by the documentary film " The Cove " which describes brutality of dolphin hunting in Taiji town in Mie Prefecture.   Whether her remark is right or wrong, it...

Year of 2014 started.  On one of new year's days I was invited to the dinner at Tokyo's most expensive French cuisine restaurant, LA TOUR D'ARGENT. It is located in The Hotel New Otani Tokyo,...