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Tayoroshi Hinata Ski Area 士別市日向スキー場


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E009-bsQxPs

Time to switch it up - can't go to the onsen every day, right?

Decided to go to Asahikawa to see a hockey game, East Hokkaido Cranes -v- Nikko Ice Bucks. Both teams play in Asia League Ice Hockey...

Finally getting regular. MCL damage is healed enough to ride daily and Hokkaido snow machine is back on in full effect. Pippu is a small hill but there is fun to be had in the trees and side country...

Way to get after it!

Unpublished footy from W22

Sapporo Kokusai. My funnest in-bounds/sidecountry terrain combo (Hokkaido) terrain of W22.



https://youtu.be/z7hJu75A6rw

Still on injured reserve but feeling confident about a comeback ASAP.

Meanwhile, as tribute to Ullr and to celebrate the return of colder temps I'm looking at clips from last April:

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7-11 has stepped up its game:

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The owner of 36noshiki whose credo is "four seasons at the foot of the mountain"

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Skatenuts

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Kamikawa constantly reminds me of Crested Butte around 1990. Add a train station and a highway exit. Estimated population 4000.

Like many towns in Japan Kamikawa is graying rapidly. The town's...

Thank you fellas. I will try to make it interesting

Arigato!

Heyyy brother, mcr would huck it

Thank you

Japan is apex living

Onsen always identified by this signage:

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Kurodake no Yu:

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On my second day snowboarding this winter I got a little too loose and took a trip to destination fucked. Did some harm to the MCL and spent the next day riding the couch. Not sure how long that will...

Quick snow profile in the driveway. 1-2" overnight. Extremely dry:

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First things first:

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Absolutely.
Especially focusing on the foreground on the drive from Asahikawa through Biei to Furano. Dairy farms, rolling fields, winding roads.

After 5 road sleeps I finally wake up at my home for the next 10 weeks.

Overnight snow, 1-2"

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Current conditions

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https://instagram.com/yukiumi_house is in central Kamikawa town. They ride some fun terrain around here

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Had a study of the rocket stove

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Arrived at near high noon to Yukiumi House and commenced to snow clearance for 2-3 hours running a thrower.

Offloaded gear and got sorted.

Located halfway between Kurodake and Pippu, east of...

Day 5: Asahikawa > Kamikawa
Woke up at the Tabist Hotel with a great location at the west end. Snowfall overnight

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Day 4: Woke up in the Chitose Airport Hotel (¥5120) at Chitose.

Despite the name the hotel is 5 km from CTS. I was on ground so this mild deceit did not grind my beans. However I must give praise...

After the international and domestic flights marathon (PBI>ATL>HND>AOJ) first leg on the ground was a simple one hour ride from the airport to the farm where my truck was parked (since July). Hosts...

At first I was ashamed to be a denizen of the convenience store because my notion of it was formed in the USA where it is a low concept with awful products. Nothing could be further from the truth in...

You must be stoked to return to Tokyo; what a great city! Where do you get to for downhill therapy?

Happily, my experience at HND was different. The amount of staff on hand (identified by pink...

Day 3: Woke up in the Hotel All In Stay (¥3407) at Hakodate.

Drove 275 kilometers through a few squalls and one blizzard over the course of 4 hours. Paid ¥5200 in tolls for an average of ¥19 per...

Left that position February 2022 so that I could explore Hokkaido.

[EDIT] Also i say fuck it almost every winter

Day 2: Woke up at the Park Inn Elm (¥6300) in Goshogowara.

As per plan all of my non-cash payments are going on a credit card to take full advantage of the weak yen, so that room only set me back...

One of the most valuable advices for my first snowboard trip to Japan was to employ a luggage courier service. In this post I will hope to explain the how to's & where at's.

Should you doubt wise...

Thank you byates1

Yes, despite setbacks before leaving everything now is going swimmingly.
Day 1: It is snowing, got snow tires mounted (¥4400), truck is running great, and a customer leaving the...

Getting on the plane in 8 hours if weather allows.
First step in not f*cking up is making sure I have the proof that this cartridge is empty.

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[EDIT] Grateful to ~mikey b for the Mammut...

FYI to anyone entering Japan by air this winter that there are new arrival procedures at HND, NRT and CTS.

By using an app one can fill in customs, immigration and quarantine documents online...

19 December, nine days before my outbound flight and that plane ticket is all I got. JAL shows no available flights on their website. After the surprise holiday inflation at The Royal Park and...

This opener really belongs in the Tammy thread.

Everything for this winter and beyond was all sorted. But on 3 December I got the mother of all Dear John letters. Engagement shut down. Housing...