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A reminder to get your tickets for this week’s No Jazz concerts in Niseko while you still can. Considered by many to be the highlight of the season last year in Niseko (and that’s saying a lot!), No…
February 1 2011, 6:36pm | Comments »
CNN’s travel edition (CNN Go) has published a review of skiing in Furano as well as some news about the trends in the resort’s winter market. One visitor put it quite simply – “The powder is amazing here,…
January 31 2011, 10:24pm | Comments »
Niseko Hirafu has received 2 metres of snow in the past 72 hours and it is still snowing! Truly epic conditions. So this morning a few of us jumped in the car, left Niseko and drove to Rusutsu,…
January 31 2011, 7:14pm | Comments »
Hokkaido. Dairy. ROYCE’. These 3 words go hand-in-hand. ROYCE’ are recognized Nationwide, if not around the world, as producing some of the finest Japanese chocolate made with the amazing Hokkaido Milk. ROYCE’ was established in Sapporo in 1983.…
January 31 2011, 10:48am | Comments »
A guest returning from a JSE holiday in January 2011 had this to say: ‘It was awful. Far too much snow. Groomed pistes with 2 to 3 inches of powder and no ice, lumps or bumps. Ques at…
January 29 2011, 1:02am | Comments »
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January 28 2011, 12:17pm | Comments »
タイトル通り、お久しぶりの羊蹄山です。 年明けから毎日降り続けていた雪も、一休み。 なんか久しぶりに太陽を見た気がします。 三月、四月に見る羊締山よりも、空気がしまっている感じがして、今時期の羊蹄山が個人的には一番好きです。 本州から遊びに来た友人は、「折角来たのに新雪降ってないー」と言っていましたが、この時期羊締山が見える方がレアなので、逆にラッキーではないでしょうか。 羊蹄山の雄大さにありがたみを感じながら、「あー重要事項説明書を完成させねば・・・」とつぶやく今日この頃です。
January 25 2011, 10:47am | Comments »
大寒波でﾆｾｺは毎日すごい量の雪が積もっています。 山頂では300ｃｍに近いとか・・・ﾊﾟｳﾀﾞｰ目当てのｽｷｰﾔｰ･ｽﾉｰﾎﾞｰﾀﾞｰにはたまりません☆ 今月末には花園でKiss Markのﾊｰﾌﾊﾟｲﾌﾟの大会が催され、来月は札幌で雪祭り、まさにﾊｲｼｰｽﾞﾝ真っ只中！ しかしながら山の麓で暮らす私たちは日々の除雪に苦笑です ♪
January 17 2011, 6:15pm | Comments »
2011 marks 100 years of skiing in Japan and the main celebrations take place in Myoko this weekend, the 15th and 16th January. If you’re in or near the Myoko Kogen area, make sure to be in the…
January 14 2011, 9:15pm | Comments »
ようやくスキー場がオープンしました。 今年は例年より暖かく、雪の降り始めが遅いです。しかも今日は雨、写真の雪がほぼ全て融けてしまいました。
December 3 2010, 6:44pm | Comments »
The harvest season is only just behind us, but already looking ahead at the next. Saving seeds gives you the advantage of having enough seeds for the next few years, but it is also fun to grow new…
November 20 2010, 10:49am | Comments »
Also farmers need a little bit of time off. My parents’ 40th wedding anniversary we celebrated in some of the oldest agricultural areas in the world. The pyramids are an amazing site to visit. The scale of the…
November 18 2010, 8:49am | Comments »