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Hakuba Japan: Twenty two days, eight skiing days, eight ski fields
Friday day 1 and Saturday day 2 Wellington, Auckland, Tōkyō
Jim on Dreamliner
On Dreamliner
NZ 99 to Japan Dreamliner cabin
Dreamliner wing
Narita - Simon and Welcome to Japan
Jim in Shiodome Center
Tokyo - from Odaiba Park
Tokyo - these vending machines everywhere
Tokyo - Tokyo Cruise Ferry - interior
Tokyo - Asakusa Pier
Tokyo - Tokyo Skytree - Simon taking photo
Senso-ji Guardian gate
Tokyo - Sensoji Temple - Main Hall
Tokyo - Sensoji Temple - Pagoda
Tokyo - Sensoji Temple - Main Hall interior
Tokyo - Sensoji Temple - Main Hall ceiling
Temple Side Building
Canel
Night Scene
Tokyo - Robot Bar
Tokyo - Robot Bar
Robot Bar drummers
Robot Bar big robot
Sunday day 3 Tōkyō, Nagano, Hakuba
Jim on Tokyo subway
Jim on Nagano Shinkansen
Tokyo - Shinkansen Asama to Nagano - Simon
View from Nagano Shinkansen
Jim just off the Shinkansen at Nagano
Jim and the Shinkansen
Tokyo - Shinkansen Asama at Nagano - Simon
View of snowy hills from Nagano station
Nagano Station
Local festival at Nagano
Nagano Station - entrance
View of dam from Hakuba bus
Jim at Resort Inn Alupu lodge, Hakuba
Outside Alupu lodge, Hakuba
Happo One from Alupu Lodge
Happo One from Alupu Lodge
Outside small Shinto temple in Hakuba
Hakuba sign
Monday day 4 Happo One
Alupu Lodge Bedroom view outside
My Room
First view from top of Happo-one Gondola
Riding Nakiyama 3 chair
View down a run under Sakka Kitaone
Me In Front Of Beginners Area
Heading Down Run
Jim on run above Gondola Usagadaira chair
Happo One - Usagidaira stitch
Lunch cafeteria Happoike Sanso
Jim outside highest cafeteria Happoike Sanso
Happo 1 chair
Top of Reisen Slalom course
Happo One - Happo 1 course stitch
From Gondola looking down
From Gondola looking down through trees
Shirakaba lifts and course
Baked Beef Dinner Set
Fresh snow fresh off the bus, Jim heading for Paradise lift
Jim under Gondola 'Noah' White Ribbon course
Iwatake - snowing on run down from Paradise Triple
Looking down riding Gondola 'Noah'
Looking down riding Gondola 'Noah'
Iwatake - between Sawa and 4sen East lifts
Jim skiing top of Hikage lift
Hikage lift
Iwatake - view down Gondola to valley
Jim at Restaurant Skyarc
Skiing View A course
View A
Iwatake - view A course from View 1 lift base
Vertical Panorama At South Side
Iwatake - riding Gondola
View from Gondola 'Noah'
Iwatake - riding Gondola
View of gondola from Gazan
Wednesday day 6 Hakuba 47 Goryu
Hakuba Happo Gondola Street Hokujo
Jim at Hakuba 47 Euclid Base Lounge
Hakuba 47 - Simon skiing under Alps 4th Chair
View from Alps Daira Station
Toomi Zone from Escal Plaza
Toomi 1st lift and Goryu Express Gondola
Alps Daira Station view
Goryu - view from top of Alps 1st Chair
Goryu - panorama from top of Alps 1st Chair stitch
Hakuba Valley view
Jim and moguls on Expert Champion Course
Cosmo 4 lift
Hakuba Valley from top of Cosmo Four lift
View from chairs at Iimori Base Centre
Cosmo Four view
View from Sunny Way
Grand Prix Course
Route down from Minamisawa Peak
Thursday day 7 Kashimayari
Hakuba Information Bus terminal
Hakuba 47 shuttle
Hakuba Information Centre
Ice fishing on Lake Nakatsuna
First view of Kashimayari from highway
Kashimayari
Kashimayari - Course 12
Kashimayai Basin
Jim and view from top of 1 Q over Hakuba Valley
Kashimayari - near top of Course 1
View from 3 Q course 5 of main building
3 Q course 5
Kashimayari - on Course 4
View down course 4 1 Q
View of 10 P
Jim just above Kashimayari Base
Course 13
Street outside Alupu Lodge - at night
Friday day 8 Jigokudani Wild Monkey Hotsprings and Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery and Zenkoji Temple Tour
Narrow Hakuba streets - snowing
Narrow Hakuba streets - snowing
Snow Monkeys in Onsen
Snow Monkey on the snow
Snow Monkeys huddling
Jigoku Valley Snow Monkeys - Jigokudani Spa
Masuichi-Ichimura Sake Brewery garden
Chuo Dori Nagano
Long established spice shop on Chuo Dori
Entrance to walk to Zonko-ji Temple
Path to Zenko-ji
Buildings on Zenko-ji path
Zenkoji Temple
Zenkoji Temple - Niomon gate
Buildings along Zenko-ji path
Niomon gate
Looking up path to Zenko-ji temple
Zenkoji Temple - Sanmon gate
Saturday day 9 Hakuba Norikura
Heavy snow when we arrived at Norikura
Norikura - waiting for lifts to open
Jim at top of Lift 4 triple
On Sky View slope
On Sky View slope
Wakaguri Central Slope after late breakfast
Norikura - from Alps 10 lift top station
Jim on Sky View slope lift 10 behind
Norikura vista
Sky View vista
Sky View vista stitch stereo
Sky View slope
Norikura - Hakuba Alps Hotel from Satomi Ridge Course
Norikura - Upper Satomi from Satomi Ridge
Satomi slope
Satomi slope from Alps lift 8
Japanese Alps from Cortina 7 lift
Norikura Skifield meals
Sunday day 10 Tsugaike Kogen
Cafe and building just down the road beside Happo Gondola
Hakuba Bus Terminal - snowing
Jim at top of Shirakaba Quad ready for first run
Jim near Tsugaike Rest House
Tsugaike slope
Tsugaike Slope from top of Champion Quad
Back at top of Champion Quad
Jim and flood weir
Kane-no-naru-oka # 2 and Skyliner IV
Jim on Shirakaba
Tsugaike - Shirakaba Course
Cafe Eden
Jim near top of Han-no-ki # 1 quad
View from Course through Forest
Tsugaike - Course through Forest
Tsugaike base from road
Room
Monday day 11 Tsugaiki Kogen, Cortina
Happo One from hotel - with power pole
Jim riding chair
Top Course through Forest
Hakuba view from Han-no-ki course
Jim at top at Tsuga # 2
Jim at top at Tsuga # 2
Snowy Alps
North view
Uma-no-se Course
Uma-no-se Course view
Han-no-ki course
Tsugaike status map
Hotel Green Plaza Cortina
View from Cortina # 1 pair lift
Top of Cortina # 1 pair lift vista
Cortina - Hotel Green Plaza Hakaba
View from top Cortina # 3 lift
Mt Hieda Course 2
Tuesday day 12 Happo One
View towards our accommodation from Happo-one
Jim and Happo-one Gondola
Happo One - view up Valley
Pilar cafe Alpen and Grat Quad stations
View to Hakuba 47 under Grat Quad
View up valley from beside Reisen Grat course
Kurobishi slope and lift 3
Track to Usagidaira
View from Olympic Course II
Olympic Course II
Happo One - view from Olympic Course II
Last Run Kokosai 3
Happo One - Last Run Kokosai 3
Hakuba from Kokosai 3
Happo One - Last Run Kokosai 3
Central Course
Last Run Central Course
Happo One - Shirakaba last run
Wednesday day 13 Hakuba, Nagano, Tōkyō
Alupu Lodge - outside bedroom
Nagano outside railway station
General Nogis Residence
General Nogis Residence
General Nogis Residence shrine
General Nogis Residence shrine
Roppongi in the rain
Minato hold out against development
Old Houses
Old Houses
Minato hold out against development
Tokyo Tower and views
Tokyo Tower and views
Tokyo Tower and views
View from Tokyo Tower
View from Tokyo Tower
View from Tokyo Tower
Skytree
Skytree
Skytree view
Skytree and views
Skytree view
Skytree view and shadow
The Moat
Tayasu Gate
Friday day 15 Tōkyō, depart for New Zealand
Street We Walked Along
Department Store
Friut For Sale
Ikebukuru - Isetan store prices
Sunshine city buildings
Sunshine city buildings
Ikebukoro mall
Ikebukuru
Shrine And Chimney
Ikebukuro view
Narita - and not a lot of energy left
Menu Displayed As Plastic Models
View of planes on Narita apron
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