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schoolgrounds Hope everyone had a great Christmas, my family and I spent our first Christmas here in Hokkaido, Japan and had a great one.  The kids really made out like bandits!!  Santa Claus brought them a Nintendo Wii, with Taiko (Drumming Game).  It is similar to guitar hero, although it is a drum instead.  They [...]

hokkaido-mountain Winter vacation started for me today, and I have 13 days of free time.  I plan on spending every free moment perfecting my snowboarding skills.  We are scheduled to visit Kamui Ski Links on the 27th of Dec with a couple of my Students, I am really looking forward to visiting this ski resort, as [...]

Finally Ii had my first experience with a Hokkaido Si Resorts.  My son and myself went to the first day opening at the ski resort in Fukagawa-shi, Hokkaido Japan called Santa Present Park.  Snowman and I had planned on going Saturday night for a night ski, but due to Santa Present Park not deciding to [...]

In the Southwestern portion of Hokkaido the island that I live on which is the far northern part of Japan there is a mystery that is in itself Strange Japan. Apparently in 1861 Oshoro which is a part of modern day Otaru, a group of fisherman that had migrated from Honshu (the main island of [...]

Had a busy Monday, waking up at 7:30 am in time to get ready for the teaching day.  After breakfast, getting dressed into presentable attire and shaving and brushing my fangs, I took my youngest son to Preschool and left my village of Shibinai to go to Snowman’s house, so we could head on over [...]