Off we go to visit a winter resort in Hokkaido, for some skiing!!
Here is the view from our hotel room. White white white!
Snow covered landscape....
Before we can ski, we must take lessons, so we hired a personal coach to guide us to ski. We were lucky that the ski is not packed at this time of the year, so the coach has all the time in the world for us.
Ironically, all of us were from countries without snow... he is from Australia and we are from Singapore. LOL
Our cosy room where we lazed and chill...
I found a room where I can give a speech....
I apologise for your mistakes!
Skiing time! Look at the Wife all suited up!
Me posing in front of the ski lift. I actually took a long time to "walk" to the ski lift.
It got even worse during operation ski time, where you have a little pressure from the experienced skiiers... LOL
Two of on the ski lift, trying N times with the camera timer and many ways to prop up the camera...
A footise! (as opposed to a selfie)
Okay all suit up, and ready to ROLL!
(i hate to say this, but I must have rolled down the slopes N times....)
Plenty of skiers, while skiing down, we were really worried of crashing into some other skiers. We didn't but I saw a few boys crashing into each other.
Heehee, it was pretty funny...
The top of the ski cable lift.
The view before we drop down....
A wider view from the top of the beginner's slope
This is the path towards the intermediate ski route. We were not allowed as the snow amount is not heavy enough to cover it.
I won't dare to try it anyway.
Alright the Missy is ready. Here we go!
The look of fear on my face before I start...
Uhm, if you must know, this was NOT taken while I was skiing down. It was taken after I crashed. HAHAHA.
Another fall.
A snowboarder fell. And here I fell too......
One of the times when both of us fell and have time for a selfie... LOL
The skies really look gloomy near the end, thats when we decided to call it a day and have a rest.
We had a fantastic dinner that night. We order a hot pot of soup, the largest plate of sashimi, and some small, exotic dishes.
We bought a packaged resort stay, with vouchers of a certain dollar amount.
We order beyond the limit, and when I wanted to pay the extra yens to the cashier after the meal, the cashier refuses and just waive it for us! Its only a few hundred yens extra, but the gesture really make us appreciate this resort a lot more.
These are the 3 exotic dishes. The clam shell is Crab leg boiled in scallop essence and butter. The round stuff is some exotic fish' livers.
The last bowl is some octopus innards... kinda gross. We did not finished this nor the livers :P
When there is nothing to do, we ride the carousel. One big carousel for us.. and some other tourists. There are a few Singapore tourists, judging from the unmistakeable accent.
Riding the carousel like a thug.
The Missy looks more gentle on the childhood carousel.
We decided to walk out of the resort to look for other interesting places. Unfortunately as it is non-peak season, most other restaurants or outlets are closed.
The 7-Eleven is opened, where we visited and bought many snacks, but thats about it.
We almost gave up looking for another place to have lunch when we finally found an open restaurant.
And we got in just before the snowstorm!
Phew!
Our meals at the snowstorm. The window scenery did not appear well... it was just.. whitewashed.
My tonkatsu, with freshly grind sesame seeds, fresh lettuce, and Her cold soba with tempura.
At night, the resort is quite nicely lit up with Xmas decorations too. There are plenty of nice decoration, not too flashy like Orchard Road, but homely and has the feel of an american village.
Oops.. forgot to take photos of most of the decorations...
But this tree we did take, coz its huge.
This photo was taken without any filter. It was goldenish because of the yellow spotlight nearby.
These cabins can be rented too, they are with modern fitting (except Wifi) and I see a cabin lit and with a family inside relaxing and enjoying their vacations.
This has been one of the best experience so far!
I definitely would like to ski again!
