Japan
So I’m here in Niseko after a really long day of time traveling. I left Salt Lake on the 12th at 8:30 in the morning and got to my final destination on the 14th.
My adventure started yesterday at 5:30 in the morning when I woke up to catch my flight to San Francisco.
Here are some pictures of me trying to organize 18 days worth of ski stuff:
From San Francisco, I flew in to the Narita airport in Tokyo. I had a nice and talkative young man from Mexico sitting next to me and it made the 10 hour flight go by fast.
I was very tired when I snapped this shot at the airport.
I finally got into Narita at 4pm Japanese time, cleared customs and had time to make it to the mall to buy a DC plug adapter. Then, I checked in for my domestic flight from Tokyo to Sapporo.
Japan is confusing! Here was one of my challenges: trying to figure out how to use the toilet. There is a button on the control that says "flushing sound" and it just makes the noise of a flush. Strange but after talking to some Japanese people, I figured out it was used when people are going number 2 and don’t want others to hear the "Kerplunk" noise.
Arrived in Sapporo at 8:30 pm and got the last shuttle to Niseko. After a 2.5 hr. shuttle ride through the mountains, I made it to the apartment.
Here’s me in Niseko. Very tired with a lot of ski gear.
The view from the apartment:
Here is our kitchen set up:
Here’s our computer corner.
We’re just getting ready to go skiing! It is dumping here. There is a ton of snow. I will update with more photos from skiing and from the unique living situation we have here later.
