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25 days ago by Vicki
Sorry about the 2 comments. The first one told me it was unable to save!!! But it did - technology!!!
25 days ago by
Bet you were tired! or did the excitement keep you awake?
Dinner
Jan 28, 2012
Attempted Mexican dinner, thwarted by a power outage... Indian delivered the goods
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Seriously entertaining television... Language no barrier!
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24 days ago by
Mmmmm! A bit like TV in Torino eh Brit?
Onsen at the hotel
Jan 29, 2012
>Get nude
>stow clothes
>collect 'modesty towel'
>wash body in a shower
>walk outdoors into the snow
>soak in a hot spring at 45oC+
>enter a new world of relaxed
Haha so good !
Body turns pink :S
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16 days ago by A Sh
Great way to break the ice with new friends, no secrets intense first few minutes of bonding hehe great after a day on the snow!
23 days ago by Vicki
You forgot the roll in the snow (Scandinavian way) after heating the body up
23 days ago by Rhys
Rhyso! Any excuse to get your kit off in a foreign land!
Snow monkeys
Jan 30, 2012
They live in the snow, they stay warm in an onsen..
Forever hunting for scattered grain in the snow :)
Totally unperturbed by tourists and the clatter of a DSLR
The little fellas are very inquisitive :)
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16 days ago by A Sh
Are they white like a polar monkey? Or regular monkey brown?
Lunch at a sake brewery
Jan 30, 2012
Japanese beef is amazing! Delicious and expensive.
Soup, rice, salad and a local apple to finish it off.
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Hokusai museum in Obuse Village
Jan 30, 2012
The art of Katsushika Hokusai.. You know his stuff...
They have an original of 'the great waves', including all the separate woodcuts that make up the finished work.
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Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City
Jan 30, 2012
The first Buddhist temple in Japan
The complex was established 1400 years ago and the current wooden temple was built in 1707.
For 300 year old wood its holding up pretty well!
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23 days ago by Knut
Send me pictures!! I would love to see them. And learn to meditate from a Zen master - they will sort you out!!
Who's the monkey? :P
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16 days ago by A Sh
Gorgeous pics guys!! Very envious and amazing temple! Looks like you had a different onsen experience, interesting hairy friends u had in there ;) love the matching outfits of the school kids in the background of your "selfy" pic
21 days ago by Vicki
Just showed Snickers this photo. He inspected it closely!
23 days ago by Vicki
Monkey bath time picture is so cute. And not quite Narnia (pretty close) as there are no lovely sandstone formations.
Skiboarding
Jan 31, 2012
A change to skis for one adventurer yields much success :)
Happo-one day
Gondola to sakka via panorama
Coffee @ snow plaza
Sakka fun loops
Sakka quad to kokusai via skyline course
Lunch at the roots cafe (gluten free treats)
Kokusai 1 + Kokusai 3 to nakiyama via risen slalom and nakiyama
Nakiyama 3 loops 'til buggered then a 100m walk home :D
Quite a great day!
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Feb 01, 2012
All the way to the top of the Grat Quad at the summit of Happo-One
This is a different world, almost no visibility, only slightly more oxygen and three feet of powder..
The first half was a battle, any falls are a 30sec restart after digging out, and incredibly tiring!
Fogged goggles mean I'm totally blind, time for a rest at Usagidaira Terrace...
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As high as one can go...
I'll need every milligram of this caffeine to make it the rest of the way down..
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Feb 01, 2012
Coke did the trick!
Fast and flowing all the way down.
A very long run, numb back leg by the bottom.
1000m vertical, 8km of snowboarding!!
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22 days ago by Vicki
The good old sugar & caffeine hit
Snow getting heavier, heading inside to wait it out...
Could be curtains for the day.
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Shabu Shabu and Sukiyaki
Feb 01, 2012
The gas cooking hot pot deal again
Can't help myself haha
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Iwatake
Feb 02, 2012
The bus to Hakuba Cortina was delayed by snow so we settled for Iwatake.
A great place to end up, hidden from the wind and all the cool kids seem to hang out there!!
The snow was awesome, Japanese people stick to the groomed runs leaving the edges and side tracks full of untouched powder!
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Nice man
Feb 02, 2012
Oh! Guruten Arerugi! I'll make you something for lunch!
Chicken, GF soy, garlic, ginger, tomatoes rice lettuce!
Quite a lunch feed, thanks mate!
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16 days ago by A Sh
Ah so "Guruten Arerugi" turns out to be legit! Lucky! xx
Feb 02, 2012
Had to happen..
Confidence at an all time high.... 'sure I'll attack that powder field at warp speed'...
Slightly too much weight on the front foot very quickly became WAY too much weight on the front foot...
Board stops, body continues and executes a perfect cartwheel/frontflip in a cloud of powder..
Progress halts with me back in perfect riding position, except buried in 1.5m of snow..
Brit cruises past cackling her head off, I'm in zero pain and chuckling too but thanks for asking :P
5 mins to dig myself out..
My only regret is that I didn't get to watch, would have been quite spectacular!
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16 days ago by A Sh
Ah no fear attitude always did get u into trouble! Yay for soft snow!
20 days ago by Knut
looks Awesome!!!!!!!
What a day to be leaving! :S
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20 days ago by Vicki
what a beautiful looking day. And you are leaving!! Did you have any days like this? Has been I while since we saw blue skies too!
Back to Tokyo
Feb 03, 2012
A great big new bus to drive us back to Tokyo.. Terrible highway driver.
Digital accelerator, on off on off on off!!
Constant steering Adjustment left right left right arrrrggh
Hahaha
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25 days ago by Vicki Wilmott
Aaahh! Were you tired or did the excitement keep you awake?