Shitami

And I'm back with much to write about. From a very snow-filled 450km bike ride fom Nagoya to the Nigata-Nagano border, to a great experience taking high-school students from the Hong Kong International School into the snow-covered mountains of Japan's Alps, to new living arangements that will hopefuly include lots and lots of winter shoveling madness.

For now just look at these two photos taken from the "shitami" when we checked out the course two days before the students arrived. When we were there we could see a total of 15 meters. Lucky for the students, it was so clear that they could see the Japan sea 25 kilometers away on the day they reached the peak at Mt. Ebira.