The first thing you think of about skiing in Japan is DEEP POWDER, amazing culture and great food.
Well, yes, Japan is all that and more, the place is simply incredible.
Luckily for us, the last 2 days brought in 40cm new snow so that 3m mark was hit.
17 days and 3m of snow… that’s crazy!
Its not always all fun and games though.
For 2 days straight we were shut off the slopes because winds were too strong.
The following day even the bottom was shut.
With thousands of people wanting to ski, it becomes a mess and full days can be ruined.
The funny thing about it is that the winds weren’t even that strong.
Japan, its great, but it can get frustrating at times.
Not all hope is lost though.
And there is plenty to go around!
It was something we hadn’t done before, so we all had an amazing time!
About halfway through the trip we were gifted with one of the deepest days skiing of our lives.
We werent even expecting it either.
We went to bed the night before knowing is was snowing but had no idea how much.
By morning 35cm had fallen and EVERYONE knew about it.
We arrived before first chair and it was rammed.
Right next door and almost no people, we were right!
However when we arrived the lift was closed, and they called for maintenance.
It got to about 10.30am and still wasn’t open.
With the lifts still closed we were feeling that we’d made a huge mistake coming.
Luckily at 11.30 the lifts finally opened and we were on chair No.1.
As we picked our first line we could barely ski, it was so deep, at least 50cm.
The whole run we were skiing was blind there was so much snow, it was pure joy!
Deepest day of my life, all day, off a lift, sensational!
By the last 5 days, I’ll be honest with you, our fuel was running low.
Skiing powder everyday is a dream, but my god it’s tiring.
17 days skiing powder.
Here is the video from our holiday, see for yourselves what Japan has to offer!
https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/686390/Deep-Japanese-Powder-in--Sashimi-Gold-
