Fresh blanket of snow
3月4日, 日本 ⋅ ❄️ 0 °CAfter a couple of days of cold clear skies we have woken up to a nice new blanket of snow. Will head out soon to enjoy some fresh powder. Breakfast was a mixed bag today. Curried vegetables with riceもっと詳しく
After a couple of days of cold clear skies we have woken up to a nice new blanket of snow. Will head out soon to enjoy some fresh powder. Breakfast was a mixed bag today. Curried vegetables with riceもっと詳しく
We just checked into our room for the next week. We have quite a spacious traditional Japanese room with tatami mats and futons. The view from the room isn't too shabby either.
We took the Shinkansenもっと詳しく
Onsen translates to hot springs, so as you can imagine Nozawa Onsen has an abundance of hot springs which make for great public baths. There are 13 public baths scattered throughout the village (asもっと詳しく
Wow. Every now and then you come across a place you just know you will fall in love with before you actually do. This is such a place.
Narrow cobblestone streets, the constant sound of runningもっと詳しく
The day got of to a bit of a miserable start with rain falling over night and through the morning. As such, we took the opportunity to have a bit of a sleep in and take our time getting up to theもっと詳しく
3 days of skiing down, 3 to go. Big improvements today for both Sally and I. We got away pretty early this morning catching the Nagasaka Gondala up to Yamabiko Station (1,407m) and skied down toもっと詳しく
We (especially me) woke up this morning feeling pretty tired and sore so took it pretty easy. We headed up the mountain around 10am and skied a few runs before lunch. After lunch we ventured up to theもっと詳しく
Today started off pretty well. Despite our best endeavors we slept in and had a bit of a late start. Still feeling pretty sore, we decided top take it pretty easy to start off doing some shorter runsもっと詳しく
A bit of a quiet one for me today. Spent the day in bed resting my knee and doing not too much.
We did venture out for dinner tonight though to the awesome Okonomiyaki place we went to the otherもっと詳しく
For dinner tonight we enjoyed Shabu Shabu. Shabu Shabu is a Japanese hot pot style of dining where you cook your meal in a hot pot of boiling water. The name Shabu Shabu is derived from the noise theもっと詳しく
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旅行者 So jealous. Enjoy the fresh powder.
旅行者 How lucky are you with the snow! However not sure about breakfast choices!
旅行者 Breakfasts have been been tasty so far whether Japanese or western however this morning was a bridge too far. Bacon and eggs on the menu for tomorrow 😋
旅行者 😜