Inaba Shrine, Fire Warriors

Japan turned on a weekend out of the bag.

My flatmate Tsun and I set out at 5ish on Saturday morning bound for the slopes of Washigadake only 1 ½ hours north of home. In the back seat were her rug-rat niece Mei, and nephew Daiki, aged 8 and 6 who were going with us. Tsun was keeping a promise she made to them last year, and kids never forget. Their first time on skis began with enthusiasm and expectation but quickly changed to frustration. So we put them in ski school. (more…)