Niseko, the snowland

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Snow Mountain Pics

Random, taken from Stairway to Heaven 

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Stairway to Heaven is a course for intermediate level sliders!　

Which means, I am no longer a newbie on SKI~!  (since a couple of weeks ago..haha)

Now aiming for the EXPERT level runs, the BLACK line wondering how steep they will be..

Might not be able to go on a black line runs anyway..

Been neglecting ski-ing coz of snowboarding..

I am so addicted in snowboarding now that I’m practicing it more that I’m on a ski..

2 weeks since I started, still on green lines (beginner levels).. 

Falling over so much, body aching at the end of the day, can’t even slide straight on a flat run..

but still I think I’m in-love in Snowboarding..

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It was sunny at the bottom but cool and cloudy at the top of the mountain~

I am addicted to snowboarding..

Perhaps more than ski..

I once thought that in ski, you have 2 separate legs. It looks not as scary as snowboard..
It’s always easier to balance with separate leg. Or, if anything happens, I can still walk

Where as, snowboard has my 2 feet bind together which makes me feel so locked up, feel so ..like I don’t know..it’s like, how to be comfortable to have boards on your feet where it forbid us from walking.. scary..

That’s why I chose ski rather than snowboarding when I first came to this snowland..

I enjoyed it 

But I see a lot of people snowboarding around the mountain, they look COOL

I wanna be cool too

And so I challenged snowboarding.

People said, snowboarding is hurting on the first few days..especially on your bum..

and that’s true..

After snowboarding, I’ll definitely get shoulder-ache, neck-ache, arm-ache, legs-ache…muscle-pain  I’m having rib-ache too since yesterday.. maybe from falling over hard to the front on a quite flat run…

Words from the PRO,

 Ski is easier at the beginning, but hard to get to expert.

 Snowboard is hard at the beginning, but easy when you get used to it. It’s like when you start learning how to ride on a bicycle.

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The SUN + the BLUE SKY + the PEAK + the WIND ＝ A perfect day 

It does looks like a wonderful perfect blueblue sky day today~!

Warm..maybe a lil’ bit too warm that the snow were dripping..

Feel so sad that the powder season is gonna end soon.. 

Snowboarding not on powder snow is so hard on my bum…

Powder…I wish you come back next week!!! 

By the way, the video above is taken with my newly bought bloggie

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Strong strong wind since morning..

So strong that even the bottom lift was not open..all 3 closed..　（lift 1 opened after that in the afternoon though）

Thought of going up to the mointain for ski-ing..

I ended up practicing my snowboarding at the bottom around the magic carpet.. 

Nearly got blown off even at the bottom…

Bought tihis neck-warmer for 1,500yen~ 

Snowboarding~ 

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Happy Chinese New Year~

Forgot to wish on the first day..

Wanna go back to celebrate Chinese New Year.. 

Wanna eat “lou sang”..

homesick..

It has been quite warm these few days~with the smell of Spring and all the sunshine~
But Spring shouldn’t be coming this fast 

Anyway, today’s another blue blue bird day beautiful~

Blue sky is not often to be seen~

View in front of home~

Me & Kamonohashi

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Mt.Yotei 3 days ago..simply STUNNING

Pics~

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61st Sapporo Snow Festival

I’ve had never seen a Snow Festival before..

But I do have some rough idea about it through all the media 

I thought it would be so beautiful full of colorful lights on all the fantastic snow/ice sculptures

Somehow, it turned out to be a lil’ bit not as I expected..

Some friends told me there’re some beautiful sculptures from ice but not snow further down the street..

I think I missed that..

Anyway, the best part in a festival in Japan is always the Yatai (food stalls)

I always enjoy the atmosphere and the food all well on Yatai~haha 

Moreover, Yapi told me Yukimiku is here in this Snow Festival

Yukimiku is the snow limited edition of Hatsunemiku  Check her out! She’s cool~

Pics 

The entrance

Some lights made by some kids ~ 

Chibi Maruko

Japanese castle…I think 

Ultraman! 

Mame-shiba  a character from TV commercial in Japan.

Mame = Nut 
Shiba = Japanese Dog 

Nut-dog giving out a-tip-for-life, kinda character.. 

I thought he was Bad-Badtz-Maru…but seems not like it..

Pirated Doraemon..

Moomin

Hokkaido SEAFOOD

Snowman cream puff~ 6 flavors and I had 4 – red bean, custard, pumpkin, .erm..I forgot what was the other one..

Clams~

Megu, Haruka, Sarah

And here’s Yukimiku 

Yukimiku is the most popular one among others ~  hoho 

Pic source: http://www.goodsmile.info/product/ja/2777/ねんどろいど+雪ミク.html

Nendroid Yukimiku 
Sapporo Snow Festival limited

Sold out so fast..as expected..  

Wanted to get one but I was 2 hours away from Sapporo and when I was there for the festival, it was already at night..

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One day when I was just walking around the corridor..

Somebody shouted, “Face Painting”!!!

And mins later,

I am not me anymore…

Some NOT ME pics..

Still not recovered yet from my pink red eyes..

Kinda enjoy it too being in red eyes..looks cool.. (as long as they’re not itchy or sore..)

Ossan (old man) Face  

Mimmi, Katsu, Haruka

Mimmi and Katsu are from NISS, School of Ski and Snowboard. They’re the cooooool instructors~　

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Niseko is surrounded my mountains.

But we can hardly see mountains in winter.. coz of all the winds and snow..

So, when the sky is blue and the mountains are cleared, the peak is awesome~

Both eyes now got conjunctivitis…

Both eyes are red..

Hope the anti-bacteria eye-drop works well~

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A very lovely day with some blue blue sky and some sun rays~ 

Calm and tranquilizing~

And me with a red eye..

Sore throat, fever and now RED EYE

Only right eye was infected since yesterday morning, and my left eye got infected after I took a noon nap today  

Can’t even open my eyes coz ,my lids were all stick up together  It was just soooo irritating that I just gone back to sleep for another hour because of that 

Hope anti-bacteria eye-drops that I just bought works for this infection..

before a doctor makes me suffer more from their medication…