JaPOW!

Skiing, snowboarding, and exploring in Hakuba, Japan.

By KAVU

March 17^th, 2014

Hakuba, Japan. It is where you want to be.

From Jackson Hole Through Seattle WA ending in Tokyo Japan……the adventure begins!

Planes-Trains

To get to Hakuba one routes through Tokyo en route to Nagano and then jump on a bus to Hakuba. If you get lost, a local will show you the way. No, really, someone will come out of nowhere and help you get to where you should be.

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Jeb Stuart and David Cleeland on the bus to the powder

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ROBOTS

Skiing in Japan is more than riding deep snow. It is about experiencing one of the coolest, and most welcoming cultures in the world. Check out the Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

Apres and tokyo wanderings

Apres scene in Japan is varied from local haunts serving ice cold Asahi dry to after party rowdiness full of Aussie revelers. There is a bar in the Golden Gai neighborhood of Tokyo where KAVU folk are welcome. Bar Nana was closed when we came upon it but when we uttered the four letter word, KAVU, the owner threw the door open and welcomed us in like family.

sometimes it's sumo time

Jeb Stuart went large in Goyu. Not quite as large as the local Sumo legend who drinks bitter beer for fun.

Stretch it out

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The way out

Casey Wesley and David Cleeland moving out a ridge line during a back-country day at Goryu, Japan.

Air under the feet

Jeb Stuart at Cortina, and David Cleeland going off the dam at Happo-One.

The largeness

Jeb Stuart enjoying the only blue bird day we saw in mountains that were bigger than we imagined.

Its about hanging with your friends

Being in the mountains. Feeling the snow crunch and move under foot. Solo missions are cool but to share an experience is to magnify it positively 10 fold.