The 1000 Day Holiday

Well culture can wait.
and it was well worth it.

Had a totally epic day at Teine. had snow like the best of them.
and even ran into some kiwis that have 1 degree of seperation from me… tinny.

showed them the stashes of pow that was shown to me last week.
Im totally speechless as to how good it was… just check out these pics…
Willy and his rooster tail
Andy hitting a natural kicker
View of Sapporo from the hill

Now to see if I can do culture and not be tempted by snow as I head south.

on a recommendation i bookeing into pension kiraku in niseko hirafu. a fab spot.

had some variable weather w a day of rain. all was restored in the end with some great powder.

it is very strange to be in japan and surronded by so many aussies. i much prefer resorts and places that you actually dont hear english.

the dairy/seicomart sells vegemite & sandwiches which you wouldnt see in any other place…

ala Sapporo Kokusai where it appeared that I was the only whitey on mountain and one of only 3 people riding of piste all day!

Niseko is a large resort with some great terrain.

my last day riding was a day trip to rusutsu w todd. had some amazing tree runs there. and to top it off met Ziggy from boardtheworld.com who had an awesome eye and camera.
Rusutsu pics

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That was supposed to be my last snow day for this trip, but its just kept dumping so Im heading to tiene for one final day

this trip is far too rapidly coming to an end.

Arrived in Sapporo last night.
Had a day touring the city today. it was dumping snow all day so thats good news for the skifields im hitting tomorrow and tuesday.
Teine tomorrow.
Sapporo Kokukai tuesday…

then heading for Niseko on wednesday for a week.

Now in Hakuba near Nagano for snowboarding.

spent the lsat 2 days riding Hakuba47 and Goryu resorts.
blue sky day yesterday w some great packed pow.

today the rain came in during the arvo.. bugger. heres hoping it chills down tonight and dumps lots of new snow.

Heading for Niseko on Saturday.

Arrived safe and sound.
didnt have enough time to make the sleeper train to sapporo. so hanging in tokyo.

its not too bad getting around on the rail system. met some aussies on the way to the hostel so hanging with other gaijins is good, and theyre organised on what to do!

mt fuji tomorrow. and then maybe nagano in a few days time.

the language thing is crazy.
we came out of the train station, and couldnt find which exit we came out of, thus the map made no sense.
however i asked a japanese couple for directions, and they walked us there, even tho they had no idea where it was, and ended up calling the hostel, getting us most of the way there.. then later noticing us lost again. and walking us to the right area.. then we talked to some others and got there in the end.

Food is soo cheap and good. great feeds for 200 – 400 yen. 2 to 4 bucks!
and the supermarkets sell the equivilant of vodka for 8 bucks.

visit to the govt tower today sent home the total size of this place. as far as the eye can see in all directions – built up.INSANE