Skiing in Japan

... country is affectionately referred to as "the roof of Japan." With amazing views of the mountains, natural hot-springs, world-class skiing and the largest wasabi farm in the world Matsumoto seems like a great place in which to launch my exploration of ...

... Australia and on to South East Asia where we will travel through Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and back to Thailand. Our last destination in Asia will be Japan before we finsh the trip off with a week's skiing in Austria on Loser Mountain!

... that. I went back to the other hill that is less steep. We skiied till about 4p.m. with a dessert break after lunch. I love skiing. We went to Shunji's and Yuko's favorite bathhouse by Zao. And then went to BONO, an awesome Italian restaurant, in Yamagata ...

... activites. You can probably get to the the Yabakei "Aqua Park" (097-954-2655) by bicycle. It is open year round for water-skiing and wakeboarding but as it is one of the few spots in Japan to do this the reservations were booked for the weekend. We ...

On my last day of skiing, I again booked Kate to be my for private guide for 2 hours from 8:30am. This morning was magic. It was clear skies and not snowing (for once) and Mt Yotei was fully visible and majestic and gave me the inspiration to agree to ...

... route were we can ski down some easy runs to the main area. We made it to the main slope at around 12 and began skiing! Jarrad being a fully qualified ski instructor gave out a few tips and mark who had some experience helped us along. I took to the ...

... . Fall is the season for autumn leaf viewing. Winter is the season for activities in snowy mountains or on iced lakes like skiing, snowboarding, and ice-skating. It is an idea to enjoy a Japanese festival, if it fits your schedule. If you visit Kyoto, the ...

... give me more visibility.   It was awesome! Most of the time my skiis were under the snow. The powder made the skiing a little slower which meant less scary, but less control as the skiis got caught on the fresh stuff. We took the familiar Ace ...

... . Whilst it was fun.... it was heaps harder than I expected. Partly because I was so worn out from the skiing, trying to turn the snowmobile took a lot of effort in the waist deep powder. This concerned me a little as Andrew and ...

Breakfast at 8am, on the slopes just after 9am. 6 days of skiing ahead of us. Snow falling on the slopes, powder snow everywhere. Explored more of Hirafu in the evening with the snow still falling! Went to Java Bar and JAM Cafe/Bar to check out ...

The skiing has begun (just want to get all the map pins on the ...

... In the end, I split my time evenly between staying in hostels and surfing couches (15 nights to 14).  And I would love to come back soon to do focus more on the outdoors like skiing in winter and mountain hiking in the nicer months. So off to China! ...

... over now. Duncan and Nadine went straight back to the original Coleshill clan in Somerset once they’d landed to get organised for work (Nadine) or just sit around a bit (Duncan). Stay tuned for the final blog instalment – skiing Loser ...

... the river into a big warm pool - and the best bit about it is most of the people wear togs!! 4.  Hakuba:  The skiing mecca!!  It had been a week since snow had fallen so there wasnt an excess of powder around but still leaves the slopes in ...

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