Posts Tagged ‘ norikura ’

Somethig cool

So I know it’s been a while since we have written much and we are sorry for that. I can say that it’s not for a lack of things to write about. The thing I want to share with you now is something that happened last week. Almost every Thursday we have a time of [ READ MORE ]

Summer Season Starting

These last 3 weeks have been kind of slow. We finished our Spring season but because the weather is not so good until July so don’t get many guests. Most of the staff have taken some off time to be with family and travel around a little bit. From tomorrow we are all back and [ READ MORE ]

Starting to Grow

We hope your all doing well and enjoying your start of the summer. Here in Norikura things are going well and we are enjoying some down time before the summer season really gets going. We have been talking and talking about starting a garden (hatake in Japanese) to grow some of our own vegetables and [ READ MORE ]

Early Season Backcountry

Yesterday I had an amazing day on the mountain. I got a phone call the day before from some friends who said they were going to do a day trip in the backcountry and they asked me if I wanted to go. We ended up hiking to the top of a mountain called Fujimi-dake which [ READ MORE ]

First Snow of the Year

Last night we got our first snow of the season here in Norikura where we live. The entire village is white now and it has been snowing all day and the forecast is calling for snow again tonight. Last night we actually only got about 10cm (3″) but with all the snow we got today [ READ MORE ]

A Nice Fall Day in Norikura

Today was an off day for us here in Norikura. The fall season is here and it’s amazing to see the the vegetation seem to catch fire on the mountain. As we were walking around the village today we couldn’t help but feel very very blessed to live and serve here. [ READ MORE ]

Fall has come

Well we can almost officially say that Fall is here. Last Monday the weather went from being sunny and about 85-90F in the daytime to about 55-60F and it has stayed like that the rest of the week. The leaves are starting to change an we have had a lot more rain also. WOW, the [ READ MORE ]

Shiny New Bike

Today I got to ride my new Mt. Bike for the first time with my friend Shingo. We rode a trail called “Terrie’s” which is named after a former staff who discovered the trail about 5 years ago. It was a great ride and fun to see how much faster I can ride on a [ READ MORE ]

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