25 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! The snow today is big!
★2010/01/25 09:20

icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

Today’s snow is big~icon:h_kira02icon:w_4_snowman (as in the shape, not heavy snow)

Big snow reminds me of the snow in anime icon:w_4_snowicon:h_kira02

I mean, they’re round and pretty icon:face_self-conscious_smile though in real they’re not that round..icon:h_sweat02

25 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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24 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! Steady Day
★2010/01/24 15:11

icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

Slept at 6am in the morning, woke up at 1pm today..icon:face3_kao19

But it’s Sundayicon:mark3_sign03 Break dayicon:mark3_sign03 Off dayicon:mark3_sign03 icon:face3_kao09icon:body3_te01icon:h_kira01 haha

Anyway, I have no make-up on today, so today’s a Jagapokkuru Day again~icon:mark3_sign03icon:face5_kya-

Steady day ~ in Hirafu icon:w_2_cloudicon:h_kira02

No falling snow, no wind~

Me gonna relax at home and watch some movies on YouTube icon:o_tv2icon:h_heart09

Watching so much old HK movies lately..icon:face3_kao07

24 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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23 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! Pretty snowy~
★2010/01/23 11:01

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman

Morningicon:h_kira02icon:face3_kao06icon:h_note

Today’s a prefect pretty snowy dayicon:mark3_sign01icon:h_kira02icon:w_4_snowicon:h_kira02
Snow is flying NOT falling! (when there’s no wind and when the snow is really dry icon:h_kira02icon:h_note3)
Snow Tubing was great.icon:h_heart03_
But I should have gone to a steeper and longer slope. haha

And yeah, sliding is always as FUN even so. icon:face3_kao09

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23 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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22 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! -10 degrees COLD Day
★2010/01/22 09:42

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman

Morning~icon:w_4_snowicon:h_kira02

It’s -10 degrees here nowicon:mark3_sign01 One word COLDicon:mark3_sign03

Now I might go ski to warm up! icon:s_skiicon:h_kira02
or
Go onsen to heat up! icon:yb_s_spaicon:h_kira01
I wanna go onsen on a snowfalls day..
Been to onsen for 5 times since I came but all were not in a snowy day..icon:w_4_snowmanicon:h_kira02

22 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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21 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! Good Snow~
★2010/01/21 13:44

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

I overslept today..icon:face3_kao18

That’s why, icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman is late too..icon:face3_kao17

I just woke up with my nude face, Jagapokkuru, will be taking over me for today’s icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman ! icon:face_self-conscious_smile

Took this from my room’s window..icon:face3_kao07

Hate it coz video always makes snow view looks so dark and greyicon:mark3_sign01 

They’re actually so white and  pretty when you see it in realicon:mark3_sign03

Anyway, it’s snowing hard outsideicon:mark3_sign03icon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02icon:w_4_snowmanicon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02

Rain from yesterday was annoying and the road ended up looking dirty and muddy..icon:face3_kao10

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But today, fluffy white road will be backicon:mark3_sign01 coz so much significant snowfalls is falling down NOWicon:mark3_sign03 icon:h_kira02icon:face_self-conscious_smileicon:h_kira02 

(The above picture is taken previously and not today. But it’s gonna be whiter and fluffier today! haha)

21 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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20 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! So-so day~
★2010/01/20 09:04

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

Morning morningicon:h_kira02icon:h_note

icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman brought to you by harupi! haha icon:face3_kao07
Today’s a so-so day I guess.
It’s gonna be a cloudy day. icon:w_2cloudy
8:30am now and light raindrops is falling..
But raindrops normally turn to snow after a while in Niseko, so no worries! icon:h_note3icon:h_heart04
Highest temperature today, -2 degrees! Warm day in a snowland! Good or bad?
Good = Thinner layers of clothes, happy walking day without chilling out!
Bad = It’s still Niseko, even if it’s warmer, the snow is not gonna MELTicon:mark3_sign01 haha

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Going to have my first ride on a snowmobile todayicon:mark3_sign01icon:face3_kao09

Been cancelled all the time due to the weather, pray that this won’t be one of those! icon:face_shy

Looking forward~icon:h_note hoho icon:face3_kao07

20 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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Explore the mountain on SKI!
★2010/01/19 21:24

icon:an_usagi 日本語 icon:an_usagi

Explore Mt. Niseko Annupuri icon:mark3_sign01

Mt Niseko Annupuri is specially for skiersicon:s_ski snowboadersicon:s_snowboardicon:mark3_sign01 

Unless you’re the expert of expert, you can try to hike up Mt. Yotei (the famous and known as Niseko ver. Mt. Fuji), and slide from the TOP of iticon:mark3_sign03 icon:yb_m_fuji icon:face3_kao09 I wanna try someday, if I ever get to that god expert level..icon:face3_kao20 Just can’t imagine how magically wonderful it would be at the most top, the peak icon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02icon:yb_m_fujiicon:h_kira02icon:h_kira02 

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So, again this is Mt. Niseko Annupuri that I drew out to make it easier to understand this mountain all about. (Cz I was totally confused when I first came..icon:face3_kao19)

On this mountain, obviously there are a lot of tracks and runs for sliders icon:s_snowboardicon:h_kira02icon:s_ski
 
20100106_niseko_mt_annupuriAll tracks leading to 4 different resorts icon:yb_house02icon:h_kira02icon:yb_house3

GREEN —— icon:w_4_snowman beginner
RED —— icon:w_4_snowman intermediate

BLACK —— icon:w_4_snowman expert

I’ve ski pass only for the Grand Hirafu area, so, I wish to at least to explore all the runs on the right side of the mountain completelyicon:mark3_sign03icon:face_self-conscious_smile   

Though my ability is still on the GREEN line..icon:face3_kao17..in fact, I haven’t even master the GREEN..icon:face3_kao19

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Ski lifts that I’ve been to..icon:face3_kao07icon:h_sweat02

The very first one that I went on my 2nd lesson was the Ace Family Pair Lift at Hirafu Area, the gateway to the easiest track but on the lift, it was really pretty with pine trees on both side icon:p_kiicon:face_self-conscious_smileicon:p_ki
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Seeicon:mark3_sign01 Both side pine trees covered with SNOW~icon:p_kiicon:w_4_snowicon:h_kira02icon:p_ki

20100111_view_from_lift1This is from the top of Hanazono Quad Lift #1.

And,

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this is from the top of Hanozono Quad Lift #2 ..those lifts in the pic are Lift #3.. me not dare yet..icon:face3_kao19..too high up..

I love icon:h_heart09 views from lifts at Hanazono tooicon:mark3_sign01Just keep reminds me of the very beautiful Chinese Ink Art~icon:h_kira02icon:o_p_pen

Now, here’s the part that I want to keep in recordicon:mark3_sign01

The tracks that I’ve EXPLORED so faricon:mark3_sign03icon:face_self-conscious_smile
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20100106_courseWent on Family course on my 2nd lesson, up to Green course and Sennoki course on my 3rd lesson..

3rd lesson was unbelievable..

I mean, I’ve never skied before in my whole life until now I had 2 lessons and out of a sudden, going so high up the mountain on my 3rd lessonicon:mark3_sign03icon:face3_kao12

Moreover, on the day I did not wear warm enough, the day has to be so WINDY and extremely COLDicon:mark3_sign03icon:face3_kao28icon:w_5_typhoon 

Never even started our lesson yet..

20100106_rest_house_ace_hill_hot_chocand we’ve already took a break at Rest House Ace Hill at the top after the freezing lift journey icon:face3_kao17

Hot Chocolate there is creeeeaaamyyyy though~ icon:face3_kao07

On Hanazono area..

20100111_signboardThe first time went up without an instructor..but with Yapi icon:face_shy

Yapi is about my level..not as dependable on ski-ing part icon:face3_kao17 but with him, I feel easy and eased icon:face3_kao06

Before we gone up there, heard one thing about Hanazono is, even the beginner course is hard..steep slope and narrow..icon:face3_kao12 which is the SILVER DREAM course.

But c’mon, they’re for beginners, it won’t be that badicon:mark3_sign01and we just went up without a second thought..icon:face3_kao17

20100201_hanazono_lift_2_skiAll the way up to Lift #2, slide down back to the base of Lift #2 and up again by Lift #2, is the tiny track where we practice and warming up..

That slide is not even considered as a track..too tiny..too easy..

Think that’s just a meeting point from other tracks..icon:face3_kao17

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The tiny slide. Flat, huhicon:h_hatena03 icon:face3_kao17 Though tiny we still did a few runs one up and down Lift #2..to gain more confidence before going all the way down the steep slope of Silver Dream..icon:face3_kao17

20100106_up_on_silver_dreamYayicon:mark3_sign01 Now I’m ready for SILVER DREAM..I thought icon:face3_kao20

20100111_silver_dreamThe starting wasn’t that bad..

20100111_view_from_silver_dreamView from Silver Dream~icon:h_kira02

Nice here, but this is where I stood for like 15 mins without movingicon:mark3_sign01

Can you imagine, normal skiers slide down Silver Dream in 5 mins and I stood there frozen for 15 minsicon:mark3_sign03

WHYicon:mark3_sign02

Coz I was startled seeing a cliff in front of me!.. so did Yasu..icon:face3_kao17

Other slide passed up and off to the cliff…

Okay, seeing them slide down swingingly confirmed me that that is not a cliff, just a very steep slope…for us at least icon:face3_kao19

It still look impossible for us to go down that steep..icon:face3_kao13

Yapi: Let’s walk back up to the mountain..we can go down by the ski lift..

Me: Noooooo! Going up the mountain on a ski is dreadful. And I think that’s a really long way to go back up!

Yapi: Then lets just take off our ski and walk down!!

Me: Hmm… not sure whether this is a good idea or not. Walking down doesn’t seem to be an easy task too.. 

Yapi: Hmm…><

Me: >< (Shouting help~) (T-T)

Until a few kids slide down towards us with an instructor..

Me: How are we suppose to go down this slope?

Instructor: Just go slow and by making big big turns with snow plow~

Instructor to kids: C’mon guys let’s go!

1 kid to me: Turn and down! Watch me! WATCH ME~! 

Me: Oh..(>.<)

And they went off swingingly down the hill…icon:face3_kao19

Whereas Yasu and I had no choice but to go down as slow as we can..

and ended up with Jack and Jill down the hill tragic..icon:face3_kao21

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This is the slope from down to up..

Doesn’t look that bad in pics, but it was scary when you’re still a beginner trying to go down with no skills icon:face3_kao21

A few days later, we gave it another try despite on the Jack and Jill down the hill tragic..

But this time, we caught in a STORMicon:mark3_sign03icon:mark3_sign03icon:mark3_sign03icon:w_5_typhoonicon:face3_kao12

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Wow..a beginner up on the hill in STORM
Strong winds..

Freezing cold..

Can’t see a thing..

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Like this, like what I said, imagine Silent Hill…icon:face3_kao13

(This pic is on the road not on the mountain, don’t ever think that I was able to take pics in a storm..icon:face3_kao21)

There’s no way we wanna slide down Silver Dream in a STORM.

Even on a clear blue sky, it was hard enoughicon:mark3_sign01

Wanted to go down by the ski lift and the lift is CLOSED due to the STORMicon:mark3_sign03icon:mark3_sign03 icon:face3_kao21 icon:face3_kao21 icon:face3_kao21

Then, the lift guy was kind enough and advised us to go down on the Holiday Course leading to Hirafu area.

He recommended that it is easier..

So off we went without any other option..icon:face3_kao21 *freezing cold*

It was indeed not as killing as Silver Dream..

Only that I got really freaked out at the entrance to Holiday Course..icon:face3_kao13

Steep, can’t see what’s down there, wind blowing so strong..

Yapi went first and disappeared into the foggy stuffs..

I look back, there was no one..and I can’t see Yapi no more in front..icon:face3_kao13

Wind blowing sounded scary when you are standing alone up in a mountain, in a storm, and and especially not being able to see.. icon:face3_kao12

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But, this is where I felt the mountain.

I felt the mountain is living.

I felt the nature, the trees, the wind, the air.

I felt like as if the mountain is whispering. *It’s TRUE*

This is the first time I felt so much on a mountainicon:mark3_sign03

To tell the truth, I was not extremely scared of the storm, 

I was in fact felt in-love with the mountain icon:h_heart08 icon:face3_kao22

But I only hate them making my look a disaster..
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Face after the storm…icon:face3_kao15

SO UGLY..icon:face3_kao21 Like nenek like nanny..

Round nose big lips..icon:face3_kao15

Face all numbed and I’m still do not know why I got that wrinkle lines on my face every time I came back from ski..icon:face3_kao21

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Two colors from the freezing cold air icon:face3_kao19 Not sun burn, should be wind-burn or cold-burn..

Luckily it get back to normal after a while.. icon:face3_kao20

Yeah, never ever underestimate a mountain even if it is a resort mountain.

Mountain is dangerous if we do not obey the mountains’ rules icon:face3_kao14

We were lucky that the storm that we caught in was still bearable, but you’d never when you’ll catch a big big big one that might send you up to heaven or down to hell..icon:o_dokuro

Storm was scary but I kinda enjoyed the experience all the same. icon:face3_kao09icon:mark3_sign01

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For that, another track clearedicon:mark3_sign03icon:face_self-conscious_smileicon:h_kira02 Yayicon:mark3_sign01

20100111_blue_sky_view_from_lift1Beginner still shall play safe on a clear and bright day~icon:w_1_sunicon:h_kira02 I s’ppose icon:face3_kao06

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As I’ve explained in my previous post,

I’ve applied for a new job as a World’s buyericon:mark3_sign01

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19 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! Peaceful day~
★2010/01/19 09:00

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Morning~icon:mark3_sign01icon:h_heart04
It’s 8:30am nowicon:mark3_sign01
Light snowfalls making the whole atmosphere soooo peaceful icon:w_2_cloudicon:w_4_snowicon:h_note3

Very pretty icon:h_heart08 icon:h_kira02icon:w_4_snowmanicon:h_kira02
According to my report in the morning, today’s windchill is down to -17 degrees.

For Niseko’s level, it’s a warmer day, feeling nice day~icon:face3_kao06icon:h_heart_shake

19 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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18 Jan 2010 harupi Tenki ! Good day~ good day~
★2010/01/18 12:35

Good Morning~icon:mark3_sign03icon:w_1_hare02icon:face3_kao06

Today’s icon:w_4_snowmanharupi Tenkiicon:w_4_snowman present to youicon:h_note in Japanese though! ^^;

It’s a video, at least you’d know the condition through it.icon:face3_kao07 

Clear blue bird day~icon:w_1_hare02 where you can see the PEAKicon:mark3_sign03

A clear peak is rare and today we got iticon:mark3_sign01haha

Good day~ good day icon:face3_kao06icon:h_heart08

 

P/S: Check out the official Snow Report at YouTube HANAZONOPOWDER TV channelicon:mark3_sign01icon:w_4_snowmanicon:h_kira02icon:o_v_movie 

Don’t want to post it here anymore, coz cannot post on time in the morning, like there’s no point. Boring for you also…icon:face3_kao17

18 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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harupi Tenki
★2010/01/17 01:01

My updates on the Snow Report is SLOW. icon:an_snail

YouTube is faster..icon:an_cat

HanazonoPowderTV icon:o_v_movie Check the official channel insteadicon:mark3_sign01

But the official channel is not that fast as well.

Snow report got uploaded only by 11am every morning..(it’s late..

Just thought of some might want to know about the weather and the condition around the mountain early in the morning to plan the day. icon:w_2_cloudicon:w_1_hare02icon:w_3_ameicon:w_4_snowman

That’s why I’ve harupi Tenki now icon:mark3_sign03icon:face_self-conscious_smile

harupi Tenki tells how’s the weather condition today, not officially, but just the way I saw it.

Can’t say it’s a weather report.

Just telling what’s up here in the morningicon:mark3_sign03

First harupi Tenki 16 Jan 2010 icon:face3_kao07only in Japanese though icon:face3_kao10

Very foggy~~ but light winds with very soft powder made it the best day ever icon:h_kira02icon:face3_kao09icon:h_kira02

Anyway, I’m still maybe wanna post it on my blog even though there’s no point posting a weather report after the day.

Just wanna have them recorded on my blog icon:o_v_slate

Today’s Snow Report (16 Jan 2010)

17 January 2010 | No Comments » |

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