Even though I’ve been snowboarding here in Japan for over four years, it’s always nice to try a new resort out, which is what we […] Read More
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Bit of history here – 100 years since the Japan – Russia Conflict. Interesting as much for the web of deals and agreements which littered […] Read More
Yes, another report of snowboarding. We spent the last weekend at Minamikan Prince Hotel in Shiga Kogen, Nagano-ken. It’s a bit of a favourite resort […] Read More
Very belated update that I was snowboarding in Shiga Kogen last weekend, staying in the Villa Ichinose hotel in Ichinose village. For once, the roads […] Read More
After a break, I got back into doing the temple thing during ‘O-shogatsu’ (the Japanese New Year celebrations), and what better place to do it […] Read More
I’ll be disappearing for 3 days this weekend, to go snowboarding in Hakuba. Resort reports claim it’s drowning in powder which sounds great! Definitely looking […] Read More
Well, despite a low snow fall rate here in Japan so far this winter, I managed to get three days in at Niseko in Hokkaido […] Read More
Just days before my first snow board trip next Monday, and it finally looks like the winter is here. The snow has been later than […] Read More
After a few years here in Japan, I finally got around to sorting out my Japanese driver’s license. To be honest, in most cases, driving […] Read More
Just a couple of weeks after Tokyo Mayor Ishihara – one of my favourite people – condemned the Chinese rocket programme as using old technology, […] Read More