Surrounding of my house

IT IS FULL-BLOWN.

"YANAGIRAN"

It's called the FLOWER OF THE FIRE in CANADA.

"KUGAISO"

"NIKKO KISUGE"

The Mt.Higashidate plant garden in the HOPPO ONSEN AREA

is a best time.

It's in blossom a lot.

Backcountry Ski Tour 2009, the end!

And those are the happy people who are enjoying the last edition of our Backcountry Ski Tour 2009.

We had 6 ski tours and one cancelled this year. Hope you all enjoyed a lot and see you next year!

at the summit...

Sun Valley, Shiga Kogen, Joshinetsu National Park, Nagano, Japan

February 17, 2009.

Tuesday

14:00

Yokoteyama Skylift 3

That's the view from the Yokoteyama Skylift 3, about 9:30 in the morning, last Thursday.



















And finally, the top of Yokoteyama. This is the lift house. You can see the lifts entering on the right. Also, this is a 2.3005 m above sea level ramen ya (Japanese noodles restaurant). Perfect to warm up after skiing for a while. There's a balcony from where you can have a panoramic view. It's said that in most clear days you can even see Mt. Fuji.

View from the top of Yokoteyama

That's the view from the top of Mt. Yokote (Yokoteyama).

Here you can have a Japanese meal as lamen, oden and udon, in the 2nd floor of the lift building, or you can enjoy fresh bread, coffee, hot chocolate or some hot Russian meal as Stroganoff at the highest bakery of Japan. This bakery is also an amazing place to spend the night and be able to watch the sunset and sunrise from the top of Yokoteyama, 2.300 m above sea level.

Thursday, 9:42 A. M.

Feb 5th, 2009.