As you may have guessed, Ive been having far too much fun scoring shitloads of freshies here to be bothered with touching a bloody computer… had today off from boarding due to a throbbin head, after the obligatory NYE boozing, & have just had a fantastically rejuvinating onsen visit, so here i am in the pizza shop/internet cafe finally.
a brief run-down on the trip so far – Kyoto was beautiful, & it snowed there on our first day! It was totaly magical, visiting shrines & temples with a lovely coating of fluff on everything. The Gion district is chokkers with traditional japanese tea-houses & we even spotted a few Geisha scurrying around the place – its like you’ve just time-travelled 300 years back.. incredible!
All up, Kyoto is a great town to visit, & I’ll post some photos when we get back as no description can really do it justice.
Anyhow, cutting to the chase – lets talk snow!
On the bus from Chitose (Sapporo) airport, the lack of the typical 3m+ snowbanks on the roadside was a worry… where was the frosty landscape we saw on previous trips? Our first view of the Niseko Hirafu hill looked somewhat like Thredbo on a bad day… Argh! Pass the razor blades!
So we skipped xmas day as I was a bit ill & the snow still looked terrible, then it started dumping xmas night & kept going for 2 days… scored some of the deepest freshies of my life! really awesome… waist-deep in places! Quite a lot of bamboo poking through in the off-piste areas, but its easy to ride through – kinda fun actually, as it makes you feel like Indiana Jones in a powdery jungle! I’ve taken to wearing some bamboo leaves sticking out of my helmet, which the japanese find hilarious
Brett & Suzanne arrived on the 27th, & since then we’ve been running amok in our favourite secret powder spots, having an awesome time, making the most of the cosy gondolas when the wind is up, & eating piles of great food at the numerous restaurants. Our deluxe pad has a great view of the beginners area, & rather than watch TV in the evenings, we observe the ‘funniest home videos’ antics of learners stacking it at the base if the bunny run
Its been snowing quite heavily since this afternoon, & we had a good laugh (once the hangovers had subsided) having an urban jib session around the town before our onsen trip, so I better hit the hay for an early start in the morning… top to bottom freshies will be the order of the day tomorrow… gee its a hard life!
Will post some pics & movies soon – havent actually been taking the camera up the hill much as the visibility hasnt been that great & the snow has been so great we cant be arsed wasting time taking photos!
Just had a look at the
MRF & It looks as if it’l keep dumping for the duration! Hakkouda-san promises to be more of the same – endless deep powder… SICK!
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