I moved to the house located closest to the mountains in Rankoshi in 2016.Although it’s inconvenient for daily life, it’s a great place to enjoy the mountains. The snowmobile, an essential mobility of my daily life, broke down in the middle of the 2024-25 season and was left abandoned in the snow. Then I bought […]
Covid-19 pandemic has been devastating Niseko tourism. Although in a sunny Friday and with plenty of snow, there are few people on the ski area. I decided to go to Gran Hirafu ski resort for the last time this season. Only the Center Four and King 3rd Lift and the Top King 4th Lift are […]
I’ve actively been trying new place for snowboarding with or without kite in this season. Today, I decided to head to the rolling snow field spreading from the middle of Chisenupuri. I’m concerned there as a field of kiting for a long time. Under clear skies, I headed to the parking lot at the foot […]
As a result of the basic practice at snow skating selected as a response to a major injury, it became possible to skate by snow skating roughly to the middle slope.If it’s a snow surface with an edge, I think it’s possible to make a turn that doesn’t feel bound-free.From those snow skating experiences, I […]
As ski resorts across the country suffer from a lack of snow, Rusutsu seems to be blessed with snowfall.On the last Sunday of January, when the Snow Festival and Spring Festival began, I participated in the Snowboard Technical Championship Hokkaido.What’s unfortunate is that my spine is broken.He was injured in a kite about two months […]
More than three months have passed since the operation, but I can’t get any discomfort in my shoulder.So I gave up kitesurfing in the sea and decided to skateboard in a park in the town. It’s less dynamic than kitesurfing in the sea, but it’s nice to be casual without the need to change clothes. […]
Even though the end of summer is approaching, there has never been a sea.The recovery after the shoulder is good, but because it is not possible to swim well, it does not feel like entering the sea.On the contrary, I'm afraid of the pain when I take it off, so I don't even feel like […]
In March, snow at the bottom of Niseko, which is at low altitude, loosens.On the other hand, for snow kites, it is a good season because snow get stable and wind get strong. Eventhough, after the middle of March, snow melting agents are sprinkled on farms covered with snow, and black mottled ness is formed. […]