Is this Hiroshima !?

Last week was a skiing and snowboarding week
for our staffs!
I went snowboarding 2 days after Yuko went skiing.

I still can't believe that there is such a
Snow Country in Hiroshima.
After 2 hours of driving from Hiroshima city,
here we are...




SNOW SNOW SNOW




I haven't seen this much snow for about 4 years.
Last time I saw was in Canada.
I was so excited to see it again!!

On the same day, Chika from J-Hoppers Hiroshima
and our manager Tomoko were at the same ski resort!

Here is a picture of them snowboarding :)




You can enjoy all types of leisure in Hiroshima
in every season.

Ski in Hiroshima Geihoku area!

Hiroshima has been very cold and we have had a lot of snow this year.

I have been thinking about going skiing since the end of last year and I finally hit the slopes this week!!
The weather was good and the snows condition was perfect in the morning.
It became heavy towards the afternoon.

I was quite surprised that there wasn't any snow on the roads to get to the ski field.
The snow blowers had cleared all the snow from the roads. Even in the country side.

The high snow walls along the roads edges felt very comfortable at times. And the houses looked like big puddings with all the snow on the roofs.


It must be so hard to live in this area in the winter if they get this much snow every year.
I been skiing every year since I was 7 years old, and I cannot remember the scenery looking as beautiful as it dose right now. All the rice paddies, houses, farms and vegetation have a crisp, white blanket over them. Its a polar bears playground.

If you would like to go skiing, there are lots of buses going to the ski fields from Hiroshima station shinkansen side. The price is about 6000yen including one day chair lift ticket.
From Hiroshima Hana hostel to Hiroshima station shinkansen side, it is only 5 minutes on foot.