Once again, we went to Nagano for skiing last weekend, and we stayed at Nozawa Onsen. When I woke up on Sunday morning, there was more than 20 cm snow on the bottom of the ski resort. I was really surprised! We headed to the Gondola lift a…

Today (2/22) is cat day!

It had a lot of snowfall last night in Nozawa village.

We went to Aomori for skiing last weekend. We bought the flight tickets from Osaka to Aomori, and from Misawa in Aomori to Osaka with frequent flyer mileage from JAL. Our airplane landed at Aomori airport around 9 AM last Saturday, and the…

I went to Yokkaichi in Mie on business. After meeting, I went to Yokkaichi Pollution and Environmental Museum for Future Awareness. I learned a lot about Yokkaichi asthma. Yokkaichi asthma is one of the Four Big Pollution Diseases of Japan.

The weather was really nice last Saturday in Toyama. There was not a cloud in the sky. The view of the mountains covered with snow was incredible! There're many high mountains and hot springs in Toyama. Plus, you can enjoy sea food there, …

Today is RISSYUN. Spring has come on the calendar. It's really warm and beautiful day in TOYAMA.

We went to Nozawa Onsen Ski resort in Nagano last weekend. In Japan, there are 6 big ski resorts, Mt.6. Nozawa Onsen Ski resort is one of them. (Mt.6 means Zao, Kusatsu, Shiga, Nozawa Onsen, Myoko and Happo ski resort). Nowadays more and m…