Our weekend in Yamagata was a great success. Kanako, Yukiko, Isabelle, Arika and Renald joined me for 3 days of snowshoeing. We drove up on Friday night, arriving just before 2 am. Okuyama-san roused us early next morning for hot breakfast, and we then set off for our first snowshoe adventure.
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March 28, 2005
Weekend in Yamagata
March 15, 2005
The GR10
The GR10 will be the longest walk I do this year. 900 kms over about 45 days. That’s 20kms a day for 45 days.
To keep everyone informed, I have created a map with my route plotted out. You can see where I will be each day, and also click each stop to see a Mapquest map of the local area, great for anyone coming to meet me en route!
See the map.
March 11, 2005
Last hurrah in Yamagata
My last IAC trip before I leave Japan will be to Yamagata, in the north-east of Japan. We are staying at Pole Pole, deep in the mountains near the Japan Sea coast. We went there in December for the New Year holiday, and had a wonderful time.
Photos from December.
March 2, 2005
Yatsugatake snowshoeing
I took Bill and four friends to Yatsugatake for snowshoeing during his visit.
We stayed at the “Owl” lodge, “Fukuro-no-yado”、and spent two days snowshoeing up high on the top of Yatsugatake.
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