The last week in February saw us heading to Hakuba, Nagano region, in Japan. We were meeting up with Nige, Si, Jane (16 weeks pregga's at the time), Mart and Rhona. K and I had a quick night in Tokyo then it was off to the mountain via a 5 hour Bus Ride from Tokyo.
It was our first trip to Japan and I can safely say that "We Loved IT!!". The Japanese people and their culture is amazing. People are so considerate of each other it makes the rest of us look like a bunch of... lets face it.. Wankers!
We had a week boarding / Skiing - minus Jane, due to the growing lump in her belly, and plenty of vending machine beers and interesting meals out. Apparently the snow was the worst it's been there for years, but we certainly didn't complain. Compared to Threadbo this place was a dream!
The girls and Si headed off to the Snow Monkey's mid week, while Nige Mart and I battled with the worst weather of the week. Still the following day was magic and "Hukuba cam" attached to Nige's head got the best movies of the trip.
After a fun filled week in Hakuba we all had a few days to explore Tokyo before heading our different ways home. We'll definitely go back.... a little surprise was K was actually 5 weeks pregnant when we were there, which was confirmed on our return. So "Jellybean" as it was then had a very early trip and snowboarding lesson ;)
This had to be the best meal of the trip - Hakuba Sushi night..... uuummmmmm Sushi.... eye poppingly good.
For more pics check out the links below:
Part 1:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=79893&id=524261120&l=4b280c7080
Part 2:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=79899&id=524261120&l=58e4402ff3
