Shiga Kogen

Earlier this month some of the Evergreen lot got to go to Shiga Kogen to try and teach some kids from an international school in Tokyo. 2 days of teaching boarding and skiing followed by an epic bluebird powder day off.

 

Spotting tree lines from the bus

Packing up little fella for the trip

Ryan opens van door, snow falls on Ryan, Julien laughs :)

Snowy scene driving back home

Yummy lunch in Nagano

CASI Level 2

Last week Evergreen held the first ever CASI Level 2 course to be held in Japan. I was lucky to attend it and even luckier to pass it! So here are some photos from the post-course celebrations :)

First of many.....

Luc, goggle tan matching the colour of his cert.

CASI sponsored whisky :)

Hana! First CASI Level 1 female in Japan!

David, CASIed to the max.

CASI girlies

A typical powder day in Japan :)

Had an amazing day off on Friday with some lovely powder and lovely people that was so worth getting the 7:45am gondola for!

Dave with some nice Hakuba scenery!

Fresh tracks

The lil' fella with Hakuba in the background

Dave

The top of Skyline

 

Amanda on Skyline



Base of Adam Gondola



 

JAPOW!

Woke up this morning to a nice fresh dump of powder....and it was my day off =)

Kokusai this morning

Helen

Smiley Helen

The lil' fella

A very happy Penny

Me :)

First taste of Japanese powder!

Today was the opening of Happo One's ski area. In the morning all the Evergreen Instructors headed up to the top of the mountain for our first ski/board of the season.

Bubble up to the snow!

The skiing girls

Roomies on the chair

Team photo

"I'm definitely the best skiier on the mountain"

 And when we came back for our lunch, we randomly met a Tokyo radio station (Nak) who recorded all of us saying Watashiwo hakuba ni tsuretette (meaning "take me to Hakuba") in mainly terrible Japanese accents! Maybe we'll be aired on Tokyo radio? Or maybe not!

Radio Nak

Amanda boarding

The cloud cleared for maybe 10 mins in the afternoon so we could see mountains and actually where we were going!

Helen

Toby

In and around Hakuba and Happo One

View from Happo One looking east

Hakuba 47

Temple in Happo One

Vege feast at EOC staff outing in Hakuba

Kate, Emma, Helen and Sam out for dinner in Hakuba

Master Braster in Echoland

Roomies!

Cute skiing buddah

A home from home

Here are some photos of the place I'm staying in whilst living in Hakuba. It's called Kokusai Lodge (meaning "international" in English) and right next to the ski slopes and ski school.
There are about 25 people living here so there is never a dull moment! Anyway here are the photos....

Hanna, Dave, Toby and Ryan in the common room...the warmest room of the lodge thanks to the kerosene heaters!

Kitchen artwork

Helen on our very own bouldering wall!

We also have a mini-ramp in the basement!