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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...

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...

I was fortunate to be born as Japanese. I went to 3 places for skiing this year. All three places were fabulous. I have skied in foreign countries such as Colorado in US and Switzerland in the...

I am showing you some great photos of Tokyo's snowing views. I took some photos and video clips in Tokyo's most famous park "Shinjuku Gyoen (Shinjuku Garden)." Heavy snow covered big turf...