Hokkaido
Snowboarding Weather
About five weeks back we got the first snow in Hokkaido which settled on the Mountain right outside my window called Asahidake. And now on Election Day snowboarding weather is here!! Last night before I went to bed I saw a reflection of something falling reflected in the street lights outside, it has been raining [...]
Milk for Adults
In keeping a subject flow, lets continue the stories about milk this week. With the woes of practically everything coming out of China having something wrong with it, most recently milk. Four children have died and 13,000, let me say that again thirteen thousand remain hospitalized after drinking milk from China that was tainted with [...]
Soy Milk Bath
I know that most people have heard of a milk bath, well how about a milk bath for Vegans, a soy milk bath. On the big island of Honshu in a place called Hakone there was a recent soy milk festival. I remember visiting Hakone back in 1989 when I was living on the volcano [...]
Conservation Techniques
Just after a recent post here on Charles Hamel.com entitled “Hokkaido Energy Conservation“, I came across another story having to do with conservation techniques and wanted to write a short blurb about it. Once again here in Hokkaido, specifically at the New Chitose Airport, have recently announced that they will use snow collected during the [...]
Asahidake Hiking
Coming off an extremley busy weekend, thought I would take the time for a post to the Blog. Friday was spent running errands, while Saturday I had to go to a going away party for the person that I replaced on my new job. It turned out to be the typical Japanese ladder night, ladder [...]
