That's where they took the pandas?

We had to skip on the traditional new year's season start in Hokkaido this year, and skiing polished wavy concrete today doesn't really compare, but the scenery and those ten soft snow turns make up for a lot of things

By saying it's French?

Yup, seen a few of those. The top prize is still the Portugese hotel that had built the bathroom with solid walls and door, but no ceiling, so it was all open into the rest of the room above

This setup would make that Hakone-Yumoto to Gora rail line an even bigger tourist draw

Whatever you do, don't carry a durian on board

Likewise!

Even the closest little hill to my in-law's in Asahikawa is showing 0 snow, which is unbelievable. Nearby Pippu and Kamui are at 40cm and 70cm, respectively, which is barely skiable. Ended up not visiting Hokkaido this holiday for other reasons, but seeing these numbers I'm feeling less bad

Usually everyone wants to be the friend of the person with the snowplow in Hokkaido winters

I've seen some people in Asahikawa running errands in a snowplow in the summer as well, and thought they were being a bit overprepared for sudden weather changes

No, but once I did scan the long new year's dinner table spread at the in-laws using panorama mode with moderate success

Safe travels! Hope there is no mixup of planes, and you end up where intended onemileatatime.com/news/lufthan...

Eastbound jetlag is a bitch; westbound a superpower