the winter wonderlands part 2 – nozawa
the weather was dismal when i got off the bus at nozawa. it was raining/snowing, i couldn’t tell which; i had enough on my hands battling strong gusts of wind […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
the winter wonderlands part 1 – zao
it was march 2015. snow was on the agenda, as was skiing and ice monsters 樹氷 (juhyo in japanese). but for that to materialise, we needed good weather. and good weather, […]
hokkaido/july 2014 – part 4: the shiretoko peninsula
final destination the bus journey from shiretoko-shari station知床斜里駅 to utoro ウトロ was one of the most scenic rides ever. for the most part, that 60-minute ride brought us close to […]
hokkaido/july 2014 – part 3: the lake district
the typhoon wrecked all my plans. maybe it was fate. i saw it coming but i didn’t expect it to come all the way to hokkaido. days earlier, we watched on tv how […]
