jeanette's bday
after a long, long fri nite, just chilled at home, did tons of laundry and finished watchin' disc 1 of lost. headed over to makuhari for jeanette's bday @ sho & ami's. ami prepares & cooks food in hyper speed.
jeanette & me
group shot -sho
group shot: ami, me, jeanette, sho & haru
out like a light...
she also got some 宇都宮餃子(utsunomiya is known as the gyoza town) from a friend however she didn't really prepare it correctly.
1st time snowboardin'
went on another world famous torigoe tour. this one was a 1-day snowboarding/onsen trip to 神立 in 新潟. since it was my first time snowboardin' in japan, it's been quite a long time since i've gone...over 3 years...
took the 新幹線 from 東京駅 to 越後湯沢駅. being only about 90 min from tokyo, it was a nice and easy ride. for more information bout echigoyuzawa, click here.
to pass the time, busted out some riddles for them and was surprised that kyoko was able to answer most of them.
it was koo to finally see the sidewalk sprinklers in action. when i went to 當山 3 years ago, i saw them but it was summer time.
caught the shuttle to the pine ridge kandatsu ski resort.
and went to rent our gear. as bryan explained to me, ski resorts in japan are pretty much the same as back home but with all japanese ppl and ramen & curry. some little things that impressed me was that on the lift, the ppl would brush off the snow before you got on. one of the million little things the japanese think of. it was kinda strange to hear jpop on the way up on the lift. later on in the day however, they started playin' offspring...
the snow was coming down pretty good and the slopes were awesome. the powder was so fresh, that there was barely a sound made when you carved. had some pretty good food for lunch however i was so into tryin' junji's oyako don (oyako = parent and child; the typical oyako don is chicken and egg but this one was salmon & ikura) that i spilled it and almost all of the ikura fell on the table!?! since it was snowin' like crazy on the top of the mountain, havin' only a beanie and hood isn't enough to stay warm cuz the snow hits your face hard. so, i decided to get a neck/face warmer. that made a world of a difference. it was kinda weird to purchase this from the same person who took my food order.
after lunch, went back up for a couple more runs and then came back and went to the onsen. the 露天風呂 was awesome. seein' the mountain and the fallin' snow after a long day on da slopes in a hot spring was the best.
caught the shuttle back to the 越後湯沢駅 to go eat some へぎそば, which is an 越後(the old name for 新潟) specialty. tho we had to wait out in the snow for quite a long time, it was good to finally be inside a warm/cozy place. had some grubbin' 舞茸天ぷら and some へぎそば. had a bottle of 熱燗 which warmed us up rather nicely.
after gettin' some お土産, we rushed to try to get on the train that was leavin'. since we didn't have reserved tix, we ended up standin' in the hallways/stairways with all the other ppl who didn't have tix too. luckily it wasn't that long of a ride. b, as always, keeps it interestin' with his stories which made the time go by.
our departure info
our departure info for those can't read japanese
b and his '98 winter olympic jacket he got when worked @ the nagano olympics
on the train chillin'
arrival
snow!!!
more snow!!!
even more snow!!!
on the shuttle to the mt.
thought it was kinda weird to see a godzilla right outside the lodge
junji (hands up), b, kyoko (goin' toe-side)
action shot
after lunch. if you look close enough to the near tray, you can see the remnants of the food i spilled
hegi soba w/nori
close-up of the soba
after a long, long fri nite, just chilled at home, did tons of laundry and finished watchin' disc 1 of lost. headed over to makuhari for jeanette's bday @ sho & ami's. ami prepares & cooks food in hyper speed.
jeanette & me
group shot -sho
group shot: ami, me, jeanette, sho & haru
out like a light...
she also got some 宇都宮餃子(utsunomiya is known as the gyoza town) from a friend however she didn't really prepare it correctly.1st time snowboardin'
went on another world famous torigoe tour. this one was a 1-day snowboarding/onsen trip to 神立 in 新潟. since it was my first time snowboardin' in japan, it's been quite a long time since i've gone...over 3 years...
took the 新幹線 from 東京駅 to 越後湯沢駅. being only about 90 min from tokyo, it was a nice and easy ride. for more information bout echigoyuzawa, click here.
to pass the time, busted out some riddles for them and was surprised that kyoko was able to answer most of them.
it was koo to finally see the sidewalk sprinklers in action. when i went to 當山 3 years ago, i saw them but it was summer time.
caught the shuttle to the pine ridge kandatsu ski resort.
and went to rent our gear. as bryan explained to me, ski resorts in japan are pretty much the same as back home but with all japanese ppl and ramen & curry. some little things that impressed me was that on the lift, the ppl would brush off the snow before you got on. one of the million little things the japanese think of. it was kinda strange to hear jpop on the way up on the lift. later on in the day however, they started playin' offspring...
the snow was coming down pretty good and the slopes were awesome. the powder was so fresh, that there was barely a sound made when you carved. had some pretty good food for lunch however i was so into tryin' junji's oyako don (oyako = parent and child; the typical oyako don is chicken and egg but this one was salmon & ikura) that i spilled it and almost all of the ikura fell on the table!?! since it was snowin' like crazy on the top of the mountain, havin' only a beanie and hood isn't enough to stay warm cuz the snow hits your face hard. so, i decided to get a neck/face warmer. that made a world of a difference. it was kinda weird to purchase this from the same person who took my food order.
after lunch, went back up for a couple more runs and then came back and went to the onsen. the 露天風呂 was awesome. seein' the mountain and the fallin' snow after a long day on da slopes in a hot spring was the best.
caught the shuttle back to the 越後湯沢駅 to go eat some へぎそば, which is an 越後(the old name for 新潟) specialty. tho we had to wait out in the snow for quite a long time, it was good to finally be inside a warm/cozy place. had some grubbin' 舞茸天ぷら and some へぎそば. had a bottle of 熱燗 which warmed us up rather nicely.
after gettin' some お土産, we rushed to try to get on the train that was leavin'. since we didn't have reserved tix, we ended up standin' in the hallways/stairways with all the other ppl who didn't have tix too. luckily it wasn't that long of a ride. b, as always, keeps it interestin' with his stories which made the time go by.
our departure info
our departure info for those can't read japanese
b and his '98 winter olympic jacket he got when worked @ the nagano olympics
on the train chillin'
arrival
snow!!!
more snow!!!
even more snow!!!
on the shuttle to the mt.
thought it was kinda weird to see a godzilla right outside the lodge
junji (hands up), b, kyoko (goin' toe-side)
action shot
after lunch. if you look close enough to the near tray, you can see the remnants of the food i spilled
hegi soba w/nori
close-up of the soba
This entry was posted by kaz, on
月曜日, 2月 13, 2006.
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4:36 午前
ahh, the snow... how's japanese snow compare to ca. snow?