Even Shiga and Kyoto had a snow fall last weekend, of course there was heavy snow in Gifu and Nagano. We went to Hirayu Onsen ski resort which is located in the northern part of Gifu, for skiing last Saturday. This ski resort has groomed s…

I told you I got a ligament injury to my right knee about one year ago. I was supposed to have surgery, but my medical treatments changed and I have continued my rehab for almost one year. Actually, I took an MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging…

I went to Aomori last long weekend with my wife and her mother. We started our trip by boarding a flight from Itami, Osaka last Saturday morning and landed at Aomori airport around 10:30 AM. We picked up a rental car at the airport and the…

We've been to Nagano for skiing before the new year vacation. This time, we stayed at Kakuma hot springs two nights and Hakuba in Nagano two nights and enjoyed skiing three days. It's been said that this season is a mild winter so some ski…