I have been lucky to have so many visitors here in Hakuba this month...Sarah is back from New Zealand, having lived in Hakuba for 3 years previously....Jess is here visiting family from Vancouver (which she does every February), we always have a great time when she is in town....and my friend Paulo from London. He is visiting for two weeks and has never seen this much snow in his life before....so we decided to show him some sites around Omachi Shrine and Sanosaka, ...enjoy the photos here.....

Sarah, Jess Paulo and I hit Omachi Shrine for a quick visit.....beautiful place, especially in the snow....

The next day we decided to go for a walk, Ya-Chan, Paulo, Jess and I headed out and since it was Paulo's first time in so much snow, being the Londoner that he is... he was awed by it all........

Yes, Hakuba does rule!!!!!

Ya-Chan, Ken Ken and Sam pulled off a great event..... we had some fantastic riders both mountain bike and boarders and a great crowd come out..... The evening bmx show was incredible... as was the party... check out all the photo’s here....
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Check out Kozo’s incredible flip and then see who the MC is after him, ha ha......

Tis the season for colds....and it seems that no matter what.... I always get a bad one in February of every year. Can’t complain, only had one cold this winter so far.... knock on wood......heh heh!

So downing the cold-fx, vitamin c, ginger tea and using lots of tissues.....take care everyone.. you don’t wanna catch this one!!!!!!

Hopefully up and running back into action in a couple of days......it’s ok anyway....because it’s just been raining anyway......lol.....more snow please!!!!!!!!

Photo taken by Sarah Mulholland
Dan, Danni, Sarah and I had another great day on the slopes after a huge snow storm that continued for two days and brought so much new fantastic powder...... have so much grading to do but thanks to my great friends who are helping me I was able to get out and enjoy some of this powder!!!!!!
More pictures here.....

Grading time at Shinshyu University....so many papers and exams... any volunteers???? Hee. hee...

Ya Chan and I with our new hairdos..... Jessi is in from Canada visiting for a month and lucky for us she is a rad hairdresser..... she gave us great cuts and color.... check out the photos here.....

The three of us looking hot!!!!!!