Last winter!

Yes, this was last winter (2013 Dec) when I planned for a holiday to Niseko, Hokkaido, a snowy land where I used to live a couple of years ago

Preparing Little-big-boss for the snowy snow land
though he was not too happy of the new snowsuit trying out

 

Yappi daddy went together with us to Sapporo to visit a friend

Though, he went back home on a plane the very next day

Me and Little-big-boss then driving a rental car all the way to Niseko which took around 3~4 hours on a snowy road

When we are getting nearer to Niseko, we will always have the best welcome greet from Mt. Yotei the symbol of Niseko
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I love Mt. Yotei so much
that I would never get tired of looking at it every single day,
never tired of taking pictures every time I see it for Mt. Yotei shows a different face all the time!
(Talk about this maybe another time )
Though in winter, it hide itself quite a lot behind the clouds

We were staying at my friend, Ran’s house for 10 days
She was a great host my very reliable friend in Niseko ever!

She and her boyfriend was so kind to be our host,
and everything was being prepared so well!

Our room for 10 days! A very very cozy tatami room

Thank you Ran and Yasu-kun!

After a night of recharging, it’s SNOW-TIME~!
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I remember that I was really excited waking up looking out of the window and it was snowing!

A little warming up in the snow No where far from Ran’s house..  just along the neighbor’s garden 

After warming up, it’s FUN SNOW TIME in the park!
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We played a lot at Hanazono Niseko ski resort, where I used to work at

Tubing~
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Sledding~
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Walking around FREELY in the snowy mother nature
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Riding on mommy’s snowboard~
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Some shots together~
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I got to go for a ride when Little-big-boss was having his noon-nap! Just for one of the beginner run though..

What we ate in Hokkaido!
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Dinner with Yappi daddy in a restaurant (魚活鮮とあぶり焼 海へ　川沿店)  (Sapporo)
An izakaya inside Apa hotel where we were staying. Thank god they have a restaurant inside coz it was hard for us to go out again in the snow at night with a baby!

Very very nice sushi, sashimi lunch! 仙寿司 (Sapporo)
A must try in Hokkaido, SASHIMI!

Lunch at Jojo’s Cafe & Restaurant (Hirafu village)
I think they are famous with their burger but I ate the fried rice instead here
Nice and cozy place just facing the big Mt.Yotei

Lunch at Patty Daddy Burger (Kutchan town)
Very original! Yummy

Dinner at Soup Curry Tsubara Tsubara (Hirafu village)
Very famous with their soup curry 
The udon in the pic is Little-big-boss’s dinner by mommy

Tea-time at Milk Kobo (Higashiyama area)
Famous with their cream puff and the beautiful view of Mt. Yotei from the shop

Dinner with Ran at Kouka chinese restaurant 広華 (Kutchan town)
The food here were very authentic!

The fabulous breakfast prepared my my dearest host, Ran!
Thank you Ran!

The udon I made for Little-big-boss

Made quite an amount of the udon and packed to the freezer~

FRIENDS in Niseko~!
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Shintaro-kun  Very kakko ii guy served as your ski instructor!

Though Little-big-boss was crying when being carried

Nagi-chan My colleague back then

Ai-chan and Kazuki-kun My ex-colleague’s (Shokotan) kids! Very very good and very very cute kids!

Mashiro-chan Nagi-chan’s beautiful daughter!

My ex-colleagues and their kids~

A year back, Little-big-boss was still not too good with strangers
He was okay in the house when alone but cry~ cry~ cry~ the first 2 days whenever he sees Ran or Yasu-kun

After a while, he was okay anyways

In fact, he had fun with Yasu-kun

And feeling comfortable with Ran!

They became friends

Ran and Yasu-kun! Our best host

20131210~20131222
464 days old~476 days old
1歳3か月8日~1歳3か月20日