22 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We stayed overnight on the Tweed before our Saturday morning flight. The plane took off about an hour late, but arrived in Narita on time. We followed our usual routine of dinner in terminal 3. ThenLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenNishigochō36°38’55” N 138°11’42” E
23 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 6 °C
After a good nights sleep in Narita, we boarded the shuttle back to the airport. Exchanged our JR east passes, grabbed a 7-11 breakfast and caught the 9:18am NEX to Tokyo. Then onto the shinkansenLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°44’40” N 138°31’2” E
24 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C
We started the day slowly having spent the night at Nagano Mash Cafe & Bed. It was a short walk to Lawsons for some breakfast, then back to the cafe to eat. We strolled a bit of Nagano and boarded theLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°44’41” N 138°31’2” E
25 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ☁️ 1 °C
Today we woke to a nice morning, got ready and had the hotel breakfast.
We exchanged our tickets for an electronic pass. Then hit the slopes at Yakebitiyama - the slopes of the Prince Hotel. We madeLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°44’41” N 138°30’58” E
26 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ❄️ -1 °C
After a snowy night, we woke to a blanket of snow outside the window. So after the standard hotel breakfast fare we suited up and headed out for the lifts. There wasn't really much of a queue, butLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°44’42” N 138°30’58” E
27 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ❄️ -4 °C
We woke to find it still snowing, the car park was very white and cars had about 15-20cm on them.
When we hit the slopes we experienced our first taste of powder snow. Much fun was had making newLeggi altro
GiapponeHirao-mura36°44’24” N 138°30’39” E
28 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ☀️ -1 °C
We were onto all mountain passes today, which meant we could go all over the 18 ski areas that make up Shiga Kogen.
We had a small glitch with them not issuing Oscar a pass, but it turned out beingLeggi altro
GiapponeHirao-mura36°44’24” N 138°30’39” E
29 febbraio 2020, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 3 °C
It was a stunning bluebird day in the morning. After breakfast we headed to Okushiga-kogan. Here we skied a few runs, the kids loved the freeride park.
After that we lunched under gondola 2 again atLeggi altro
GiapponeNagano-kenYamanouchi Machi36°44’40” N 138°30’60” E
1 marzo 2020, Giappone ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C
It was another clear day, set to get into single figures, for our last ski day. We had plans to meet up with the ski forum members at 8:30am.
From here we skied a few runs at Yakebitiyama, then weLeggi altro
GiapponeYamanashiKōfu35°39’44” N 138°34’6” E
2 marzo 2020, Giappone ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
We checked out, had our last hotel breakfast and caught the 7:57am bus to Nagano. (¥2,100A, ¥1,050C), arriving after 9:30am. We had time to grab some snacks before boarding the wide view train toLeggi altro
