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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...

In the beginning of this year, I went to Nozawa Onsen village in Nagano Prefecture. The below is last year's footage, February 2012. It is famous ski resort but it is also famous for natural hot spring town. The word, Onsen means natural hot spring in Japanese. Interestingly enough, the town is not only famous for Japanese skiers but Australians, New Zealanders and other...

Last week I went to Niseko Ski resort in Hokkaido, Northernmost island of Japan. The ski slopes there is famous for powder snow, which skiers can ski very smoothly even in deep new snow. I...

Ski season started. I am crazy about skiing. The below picture is taken at Kagura Ski resort in Niigata Prefecture. Why I started skiing, it is simple. Some film made me want to ski and...

The lyric starts with "We met at the Ski lodge, and we fell in love." I like this song because this reminds me of my ski trip this year. I've visited 6 ski resorts this year from January to...