Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Wednesday, January 18, 2017 *LOU* Our last day on the slopes. Blake got up early to make his way with Dylan up Hirafu mountain down Niseko Village and then up and across to Hanazono where he met Ash and I who had been practising on the bunny hill. We caught the gondola up to the Silver Dream run to show Ash the beautiful views of the volcano. Once we made it to the bottom Ash was ready to hang up her boarding boots and head home to car...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Tuesday, January 17, 2017 *CAL* We woke up this morning to a little more snow on the ground and more cold temps, with wind chill down to around -21 Celsius at the top of the mountain. I didn't have the best of days, starting by leaving my lift pass at the hotel when I walked up to the lift. After going back to the hotel to pick it up I went up the nearby Hirafu gondola, with the aim of snowboarding across to the Annupurri resort, as d...

Niseko, Hokkaido, Japan Monday, January 16, 2017 *BLAKE* The day started at around 8am for brekky at the hotel. Dylan, Callum & I headed to the Hirafu slopes while the girls had a quieter morning walking the town exploring. After a few hours of snowboarding Callum's board was playing up so and Dylan headed for the gondola were tools are do he could make some changes. I broke away from them at this stage heading over to some green run slopes. After anot...

Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan Saturday, January 14, 2017 *MAYA* This morning's wakeup call was nice and early...minus the nice. Most of us had our alarms set for 6:10am as we were getting picked up to be taken to the train station just before 7am. The prediction for the day ahead was long and boring. We had an 8 hour journey and about 5 changes in trains for travel from Hakuba to Hakkodate. The first part consisted of 2 trains which were around an hour long ri...

Hakuba-mura, Chubu, Japan Friday, January 13, 2017 *ASH* Everyone had a bit more of a sleep-in this morning including the snowboarders Cal and Dyl. Cal, Dyl and I had brekky at the hotel and then headed to Sakka- the slope closest to us. I went to check out the bunny slope and see if it would be open for us newbies. They said they were hoping it would be open by 10-11am. Maj, Lou and Blake headed to Penke- where we went the night before for dinner. They had...