Day 1 - GC - Narita - Asakusa

Trip 6 has begun. Flew out of the GC on Saturday. All great on Jetstar, even arrived 15mins early, but then had to eait for our planes parking spot. Got through the easier with the printed copies ofЧитать далее
Day 2 - Asakusa - Nikko

Day 2 - Asakusa to Nikko
So we woke up super early, so we were out of our hostel by 6:30, having a wander around Sensoji, and headed to Asakusa tobu station, a quick, but much loved trip by a familyЧитать далее
Day 3 - Nikko, Nagano, Shiga Kogen

Day 3 - Snow time. Nikko - Nagano - Shiga Kogen
We were up early and out into some beautiful sunshine Nikko displayed for our leaving. We caught the 7:37am train back to Asakusa at 9:33am, then aЧитать далее
Day 4 - Snowy Shiga Kogen

Day 4 - Snowy Shiga kogen
This morning, the view of the carpark from Prince West was snowy and white.
The snow fell all day and did not stop. It was an epic first day, and the most snow we have everЧитать далее
Day 5 - Sunny Shiga Kogen

Day 5 - Sunny Shiga Kogen
The sun was out this morning, revealing a beautiful blue sky.
After a buffet breakfast, they had the mini waffles this morning, yeah. We started off at the quad outside theЧитать далее
Day 6 - Shiga Kogen

We woke up early to a slightly cloudy day where the sun tried to poke through. Dale is 13 today, and being wonderful parents we let her get a grape drink that when you shake it, it turns to jelly, andЧитать далее
Day 7 - All Mountain Shiga Kogen

Day 7 - All Mountain Shiga Kogen
This morning we began using our 3 day all-mountain passes. Oscar's and mine were purchased at half price via the Go-Nagano site. We went to the linking chair toЧитать далее
Day 8 - Windy snowy Shiga Kogen

Day 8 - Windy snowy Shiga Kogen.
It started off with a carpark weather check, a few centimetres of snow at best. Buffett breakfast was had. Potato gems today, no waffles. These are the 2 items I haveЧитать далее
Day 9 - Last day Skiing at Shiga Kogen

Day 9 - Last day skiing at Shiga Kogen
We woke to a white view and a fair amount of snow falling and on the cars in the carpark. It was a chilly -11 outside apparently. Breakfast was had at the hotelЧитать далее
Day 10 - Shiga Kogen to Kyoto

Day 10 - Shiga Kogen to Kyoto
We awoke and got ready to catch the 7am local bus down from Shiga Kogen, is was a blue sky morning after a snowy night. It was very cold waiting for the bus. The busЧитать далее
Day 11 - Kyoto to Osaka

Day 11 Kyoto to Osaka
We woke up and had an easy breakfast from the 7-11 downstairs from the hotel. We then went to explore Kyoto station and discovered the skywalk was shut before 10am. So we caughtЧитать далее
Day 12 - Universal Studios Japan

Day 12 - USJ
So we woke up at 6:30am and saw people already heading to the park. By 7:30am we were in the entrance line, after grabbing some breakfast from the Lawsons downstairs. There were hundredЧитать далее
Day 13 - Osaka to Tokyo

Day 13 - Osaka to Tokyo
We had a sleep in today and woke around 7:30, then we decided to try to make a Shinkansen one hour before the one we intended. Our check out and breakfast stop at the mega busyЧитать далее
Day 14 - The final day

Day 14 - The final day
We had a bit of a sleep in after our late night last night. We got another lawsons breakfast. Then packed up all our bags and checked out, storing our luggage there.
We thenЧитать далее