Last weekend, we took a ski trip to Nagano and Gifu prefectures. On Friday, it was warm and rainy in Kansai. However, the cold air from Russia came over Japan after the rain and it was snowing in the northern part of the country. We were h…

Last weekend, we took a ski trip to Nagano and enjoyed skiing and the hot springs. There is an amazing Japanese sweets shop in Shimo-Suwa town in Nagano prefecture. We bought some Wagashi, (Traditional Japanese sweets) there and we enjoyed…

We took our first ski trip to Nagano last weekend. After skiing, we enjoyed Soba noodles. It’s a one of the most popular foods in Japan and Nagano is very famous for them. There are many Soba restaurants in the area and you can eat many di…

Last weekend we took our first ski trip of the season. We went to Shirakaba 2in1 Ski resort in the town of Tateshina, Nagano prefecture. On Saturday, we woke up around 6am and we started our five-hour drive to the resort and arrived around…

This weekend we’re planning to go to Nagano for our first ski trip of the season. Some ski resorts are already open and they have lots of natural snow. We need to get our ski gear ready for the trip. We’re going to ski every weekend this w…

We went to Tsuyama city in Okayama prefecture last weekend. That city is located in the north of Okayama, so we took the bullet train from Osaka to Okayama and then changed to a local train. Around noon, we arrived and went directly to my …