It was fine day, and it was -11 degrees at top of the mountain in ski resort. Thanks to cold weather, they make snow by snow making system.

It was really beautiful day today in Nozawa Onsen ski resort. It was really crowded at Gondola station in bottom. I waited 40 minutes for boarding Gondola. However it wasn't crowded on ski runs. It was so nice skiing.

The snow condition in ski resorts is getting better in Nagano. It had much snow top of mountain in Nozawa Onsen. However it is not enough snow for skiing in bottom. I hope more and more snow.

You know, the weather news says we will have a mild winter in this season. Actually, we don't have much snow even in ski resorts. But I like winter to be cold. However, we went to Nagano for first skiing in this season last weekend….. We w…

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I got some new T-shirts printed really cute cats. I bought these one from Nise-Gaijin san. He is my blogs friend. Actually, I know his name, but I don't know his face. I've never met him before…. I can't wait to wear this T-shirts in a ski…

After Nishiyama-Onsen, we went to Aizu-Ohshio in Kaneyama town by JR Tadami train line. The Tadami line is a railway from Aizu-Wakamatasu in Fukushima prefecture to Koide in Niigata prefecture with nice viewing in mountains. This train lin…

We stayed at Nishiyama Onsen on 21/November night. There is a lot of hot springs, and mountains in Nishiyama. Off course, we stayed the Japanese style inn with hot springs. We enjoyed the hot spring, local foods, and local Japanese Sake. I…

We went to Fukushima last weekend by train. It was long train trip, because we had many transfers for trains. Our trip started boarding the night train "Sun Rise" bound for Tokyo. It was first time I've been boarding that train. It was com…

We went to Fukushima last weekend, and I bought some Japanese sake (EISEN) bottles for us in there. I can't wait to drink these Japanese sake!

You're too big to get inside the box, I think....

Some Ski Resorts have announced it will open this end of month(November). It's good news for skiers, however there is no snow in ski runs. Actually, it has snow on ski resorts in Hokkaido and high altitude mountains in Nagano, but it's not…

The stove season has started.

It is already November, but It's still November? Which one is right? Time goes so fast.

We went to Yunomine-Onsen in Wakayama prefecture last weekend, by JR trains and bus. Yunomine is not too big town, there are about ten the Japanese style inns, one shop, and public bath in there. It's best place to stay for just relax, and…

It's getting colder outside in morning and evening. They love a blanket. The blanket keeps them warm.

Ichiro Suzuki got the big league contract with Marlins. It was really good news. Marlins offered him in end of season 2015, and he agreed to come back as the fourth outfielder in 2016. Actually, I was really worried about his next season, …

This was the final day of the trip. We stayed one night at Toronto downtown. Our hotel didn't provide the breakfast, so we went to St. Lawrence Market. There are not only many food vendors, also food stands in the market. We could have a b…

The day started with a short drive from Bowie to IAD airport in Washington DC. There is a Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, near airport. That was an amazing place to see and learn about not only airpl…

We landed the BWI airport in MD around 11 AM from FLL, Florida by the south west airline, and then we went to Annapolis by car. Annapolis is close from Baltimore, so we arrived at there with short drive. Annapolis faces the beautiful bay. …

The last day in Miami started with a short drive and walked around little Havana near Marlins park. Many central and south Americans people live in Miami, and this area has a high Cuban population. There is a lot of restaurants and shops i…

We came to Miami for watching MLB baseball games, Marlins against Redsox. Our most priority objective was to see Japanese player, Ichiro from Marlins. We watched two games in Miami. After checking in the hotel, we headed to the Marlins par…

We stayed at Singer island in Palm beach. Our hotel faces beach of the Atlantic coast. The weather was perfect, and it was beautiful sunrise in there. We could enjoy swimming and relaxing on the beach in the morning. That beach is not only…

We arrived at West Palm Beach in FL around 5 PM. (We were lucky, because our train was on time.) When we stood up at the platform in WPB station, I felt tropical place. It was fine day, hot and humid. We've just come in Florida. After we p…

After Hong Kong, we went to Newark with 14 hours flight. We landed at Newark, NJ around 10PM. (Newark isn't New York, however is located near New York) It usually takes much time to enter the US, because immigration is almost crowded, and …

I had been thinking for visit US during summer vacation. In the first step, we had to decide the flight from Osaka to US. You know, there is a international airport in Osaka, called the Kansai airport. There're only three direct flights fr…

Welcome back. How was your trip? It was really hot in Japan...

We've just landed in Hong Kong international airport. Now, we're waiting for our flight for Kansai, Osaka at airport. We had been staying in US for one week, and I'm so tired of some american foods… I enjoyed even some Asian foods(it means…

We stayed in Bowie in Maryland last night, and we tried to buy some beer in super market in Bowie. However, we couldn't buy them, because in MD, supermarkets and convenience stores don't provide liquors. It was too bad! We enjoyed nodules …

I got two balls! One was from minor league baseball player, and another one was from Miami Marlins staff. I appreciate it and thanks a lot. After Miami, we're frying to Baltimore.