We're in Shibu onsen(hot spring) in Nagano prefecture and staying at Japanese style inn with hot spring. I go to skiing with my wife and my friends in new year vacation. In the photo above, first day was Ikenotaira ski resort. In the photo…

Weather news said that the cold air is going down to Japan now, so it will get cold today's night and tomorrow. It will snow in northern Japan. I'm leaving from Shiga. We are planing to ski with my wife and my friends at Nagano in new year…

Next day, we went to Akakura-Kanko ski resort, where next to Akakura-Onsen ski resort. This ski resort is the largeest one in Myoko area. The Symbol is the high class resort hotel with red roof in ski run. By the way, it was really beautif…

We went skiing last Sunday and Monday for the first time in this season. We visited Myoko Akakura ski resort by train. It was rainy day in Shiga on Saturday, but it was snowing when we arrived at Myoko-Kogen station in Niigata prefecture. …

After Ohnta, we went back to Beppu. BEPPU is very famous for hot springs. In fact, there are many kinds of hot spring in BEPPU area. Actually, we went to Beppu Kaihin Suna-Yu. Suna-Yu means sand bath. This sand is warmed by the natural hot…

We went to Ohita by ferry boat with my wife and my mother. After arriving at Ohita port, we got on the express train for Hita. Hita is located in west of Ohita Prefecture and it is about 1 hour and 30 minutes from Ohita station by train. T…

I bought new snow tires (stud-less tires) last week. I had been using old snow tires for 6 seasons. These tires were so so old… This is a DM-V1 for SUV or 4X4 by BRIDGESTONE. Northan Japan got a lot of snow last weekend. The snow seems a e…

We arrived at Yunomine hot springs in Wakayama around 6PM by bus. After checked in the “minshuku”, we went to Tsuboyu. Tuboyu was registered with a World heritage about ten years ago, but we could take a Tsuboyu bath. In the photo above, T…

We went to Yunomine hot spring in Wakayama prefecture by trains ans bus on 7 and 8/Dec. We started our trip from Kyoto Kintetsu station. We got on a train for Yoshinoguchi and transferred the JR train line to Gojyo at Yoshinoguchi. In the …