Hakuba

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Well, it would be rude to go to a mountainous country in winter and not go skiing wouldn't it. So we hopped on a bullet train to Nagano and got a bus to the resort town of Hakuba. We found a nice little place to stay called Snowbeds and the owner kindly lent us a load of ski wear, hats goggles and all. Sara skied and I boarded. We had two days on the slopes of Happo One and one day at resort of Hakuba47. The resorts weren't quite as polished as those we have been to in France - older lifts and less well marked pistes, but it was extremely quiet so no lift queues and the skiing and views were very good. I got to do a few small jumps at the snow board park, though I have no photos to prove my bravery as Sara apparently dosen't recognise her own boyfriend and took a photo of someone else instead.

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