Shiga Kogen, backcountry ski tour 2009

Photo taken at the top of Yokoteyama.
Before the start of the Shiga Kogen, Backcountry ski tour for 2009

Snow Village

We went and saw the lights at the snow village.

The 2nd Snow village started on the 21st of February and goes until the 14th of March.

The snow is back!

At Hasuike there was about 25cm of snow last night.
And it looks to keep snowing. currently it is -10℃
Hopefully it continues to snow this week, to replenish the snow from the other night when it was raining.

Staying with us again this year was Andrew, this time he came with friends.
They were here for 1 week, and went snowboarding most days.
As for next year, they will be back!

Guests from New Caledonia stayed with us for 6 nights.
Snowboarding almost everyday, they also went saw the monkeys and went sledding.
They also enjoyed chatting with people from Japan, Brazil, Australia, Hong Kong, America, Finland and England.

We have a guest!

This was out the front of the hotel this morning.

Beautiful weather today.
These snowboarders are crossing the Hasuike pond (Hasu pond), to the Ropeway station

Mt Asama smoking peacefully

Meg went up the top of Yokoteyama today, good conditions for seeing Mt Asama.
It seems to be smoking peacefully on its own!
I have not been able to go up myself on a day with such fine weather.

Thanx for the pics Meg

Kasadake viewed from Yokoteyama


Yokoteyama is all ready for tomorrow.

After the snow

Shiga Kogen after a weekend of snow.

After a nights snow, it all has to be moved in the morning.
This is the car park at the front of the hotel, during the clean up!

All the way from Cairns

Holidaying in Shiga Kogen, was the Diacko family.
Coming from Cairns Australia, to holiday in the snow.
From here they were going to Tokyo, hope the girls were surprised by Disneyland!
Hope to see you again some time.

Our Brazilian friends

They have stayed here once a month this season.
This time around they cooked brazilian food and made drinks for us.
It was very enjoyable.
Cant wait till they come back again this month!