I went to Appi Kogen ski resort in Iwate prefecture last weekend with my wife and her parents. We arrived at Appi around 10AM on Saturday , and it was a little rain in there. The snow has started to melt in heavy snowfall areas, because it…

I went to Niigata for skiing last week. It was no snowfall and mild weather in there. It has less snow than usual in Niigata. Most snow resorts have been troubled with the lack of snow. There was a lot of rocks and bushes on the ski runs, …

Five years have passed since the Eastern Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011. I hope everything in Tohoku area is back to normal as soon as possible.

It was really warm today. The spring has come.

We visited the Okaya Silk Museum in Nagano last Saturday. Okaya area had a lot of Silk Mill in Meiji period. Actually there are many Heritage of Industrial Modernization in Japan. Okaya Silk Mill is one of them. We learned a lot about coco…