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Tokyo!

This year for my birthday we visited Tokyo 🙂 After Christmas 2018, when we went snowboarding in Niseko, Hokkaido, we had decided that we wanted to go back and see what the some of the rest of the country was like. Tokyo seemed like the obvious first choice. Our flights to Japan went via Sydney.ContinueContinue reading “Tokyo!”

Sapporo

New Years Day had us learning how trains work in Japan! We got a train from Niseko to Kutchan, another from Kutchan to Otaru and then finally, one more from Otaru to Sapporo. Phew! It sounds like hard work, but actually was no harder than getting the bus into town 🙂 It’s organised chaos but it works. At Niseko Station,ContinueContinue reading “Sapporo”

Snowboarding!

After our long journey to Japan, our visit to the ski fields was fantastic; we stayed in two gorgeous, snow emersed hotels and had a lot of fun together in the snow. After one night in a capsule hotel, The Lodge Annapuri, we had to move on to our proper hotel for the remainder of our visit: Pension Tomten. ContinueContinue reading “Snowboarding!”

Getting to Niseko

This year James and I went all out on a big adventure and travelled to Japan for the festive season (and Seoul too, but you’ll hear more about that later). It exceeded all expectations and I most certainly want to go back. As soon as possible! There was snow and ice, winds that shut downContinueContinue reading “Getting to Niseko”