It had a lot of snow in Nozawa Onsen on 30th December. Next day, it was fine day. We enjoyed skiing and hot springs there. Have a nice new year!

It was great day in Iizuna Ski resort.

We went to Blanche Takayama ski resort on last Saturday and Yabuhara on last Sunday. I like these ski resorts, because ski runs are really nice. The weather was fine day on both Saturday and Sunday. We're planning to visit Nozawa and Hakub…

For starter's, we had to work last Saturday, so we couldn't go skiing. And on Sunday, we had the day off, so we went to Yogo Kogen ski resort in Shiga prefecture. It was a one day trip. This ski resort is located north of the Shiga prefect…

We went to Takigawa in Hokkaido for skiing last weekend. Our destination was the Kamoidake Ski resort in Takigawa. It's located in central Hokkaido. First, we flew Chitose from Osaka by JAL. Then we needed to take a train from Chitose to I…

I'm visiting in Hokkaido now. It's so cold in Hokkaido....

We went to Shiratori Kogen ski resort for skiing last weekend. It was our first skiing trip this season. We were originally planning to go skiing on the 8th December. But it snowed a lot last week in the northern part of Japan. So, we chan…

Kuroneko Yamato gave us the present today. It's so good!

Are you lucky cat? The "Lucky Cat Beer" is local craft beer produced by the Gekkeikan Sake brewery. It was not bad, I think.

We went to Taipei last weekend and got refreshed. We started our trip flying to Taipei on Friday night with China Airlines. In fact we had to wait more two hours at Kansai Airport, because our flight was delay. So we arrived at our hotel i…

Last weekend, we went to Kochi and Tokushima located on Shikoku island. There're many ways to get to Shikoku from Kansai. For example, airlines, railways, ferry boats and car. Our trip started for Wakayama by Nankai railways and then we ch…

It's cold in the morning and night. Stove season has started... They love stove in winter.

We were planning to visit Miyazaki for Phenox League Baseball last weekend. However, the Big Typhoon hit the Japan on Saturday and Sunday. Everything was canceled last weekend and Monday. It was too bad. Plus, the new Typhoon is also appro…

We went to Yunomine in Wakayama prefecture last month. Yunomine is really famous for 100% natural hot springs. The water is really hot, about 90 degrees and contains many minerals. It's really good for our health, I think. There is a publi…

We went to Fushimi in Kyoto city last Sunday and visited Gekkeikan Japanese Sake Museum. There're many Japanese Sake factories around Fushimi, because Fushimi is known for its fresh cold water springs. The Gekkeikan is one of them and it h…

We call him "Kinta"

We visited Sapporo on the 16th of September to 18th. The weather was very nice Saturday and Sunday, but a big typhoon hit the Hokkaido on Monday. Some trains and flights were canceled due to the strong winds and heavy rain. We were plannin…

This was the final day of the trip. We stayed one night and slept good in our bed room on the Amtrak train from Washington to Chicago. When we woke up, the train was running through Indiana state. In fact, the train was two hours delayed, …

Typhoon is coming to Hokkaido now... Some trains and flights are canceled in Hokkaido. Give me a break!

Akita is really nice place... I'd like to see a Akita-Bijin.

We woke up at 6 AM on Sunday, the 13th of August and booted up my new laptop. At 6:30, we tried to make a reservation for the tickets to enter the National Museum of African American History and Culture, but in the end we couldn't get the …

We stayed in Down town PA for one night, our stay didn't include breakfast. So we walked around down town in the morning, and finally found a small restaurant nearby our hotel. We had french toasts with sausages, and coffee. The french toa…

Today I found out some bad news.. I left the Japanese driver's licence in my home in Japan.... To rent a car in a foreign country, you need an International driver's license and also a Japanese driver's license. I had my International driv…

I went to Nagoya on business last Friday and gave the presentation. It was still hot in Nagoya... I'd like to try the Nagoya soul foods some day.

It's really cool in the morning in Sendai. I needed the another layer... I hope it's also cool in Kansai area.

Our trip started flying for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX on Thursday morning (August/10th) with American Airlines, and then we changed planes for Washington Dulles International(IAD) Airport in Virginia. It was the first tim…

The Autumn has come? Today's low was twenty-one degrees in the morning, and high was thirty-five degrees in Kusatu. We enjoyed the pacific saury with beers.

We went to the USA during the summer vacation. It was great experience…. I had the day off on the 9th of August, but my wife had to work. Our flight was scheduled from Narita, Tokyo leaving at 10:10 on the 10th of August. We made reservati…

I'm so tired. We went to bed at 8 PM yesterday, and woke up 4 AM this morning. After we came back Japan from US, we got Jet lag...

We're waiting the our flight in Chicago International airport now. We had a great time in Washington, Philadelphia and Chicago. Is it hot in Japan?