We took a ski trip to Toyama and Ishikawa prefecture last weekend. It is still February, however it was a warm and rainy day on Saturday and Sunday. We needed to wear our raincoats at the ski resorts. I think the weather is generally cold …

My wife and I took a ski trip to Hokkaido last weekend. Sapporo is a lovely city, but we had to pass on staying there, because the hotels were so crowded and nighty rates were up to 3 times the normal price due to the snow festival. Instea…

I won tickets for the Opening Series at ES CON Field Hokkaido in March. The NPB, baseball club, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are opening their brand new stadium this season. The new ballpark, ES CON Field Hokkaido is located in Kita-Hirosh…

We were planning to go the YAMABOKU ski resort in the northern part of Nagano prefecture last Saturday, becasue we ordered the CAT tour for powdery snow. This ski resort provides tihs tour every Saturday in January and February. The CAT ta…

We took a ski trip to Suwa in Nagano prefecture last Saturday. There was enough snow for skiing at the ski resort, but the weather was bad, because it was raining, even in January. Global warming is real! I enjoyed skiing while wearing a r…

There was the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in Kobe area on 17th, January in 1995 and twenty eight years have passed since. Back then, I was a college student and out fielder Ichiro Suzuki was still playing for ORIX Bluewave baseball club…

My wife and I took a ski trip to Iwate prefecture with her mother, because last weekend was a three day weekend. It was our first time to visit there in four years. There was a lot of snow and the conditions on the ski slopes were amazing.…

The new year has started. My resolution is to improve my English. I’d love to visit the US this summer for sightseeing, because we couldn’t go to any foreign countries for last the three years due to the pandemic. I want to watch a basebal…

Happy New Year. I hope you will have a great year! This is the year of the Rabbit^^.