The count down is over.

One of the big draw cards in coming to Japan was the snow. For months fellow Japanese teachers had warned us about how bad the snow was and how deep it would be. Coming from Auckland, where it either rains or rains in winter, we could hardly wait for the snow to come. But after waiting it seemed that this year might be plagued with unseasonably low levels of snow. Until Friday!!! With over a metre falling in a day and a night. So we strapped the boards to our little car, drove at a casual 50 kph (concerned the boards on top might act as wings with our car turning into a plane) to the nearest ski field. We were greeted with a gondola, no queues and knee deep powder. Bliss!

Enjoy.

 After 5 hours on the mountain we had to dig our little car out.

 The road up to the slope.

 So much powder.

Cold but happy campers in the Gondola.