Escape the Heat with a cool Hakuba retreat.
Rainy season is “officially” over & the long hot Tokyo summer has set in. Temperatures in the mid to upper-30s & lots & lots of concrete = not much fun at all. The good news is that Morino Lodge &…
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Escape the Heat with a cool mountain retreat.
Rainy season is “officially” over & the long hot Tokyo summer has set in. Temperatures in the mid to upper-30s & lots & lots of concrete = not much fun at all. The good news is that Morino Lodge &…
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Further in Hakuba
Last night was the Hakuba Premier of the second installment in Big Mountain Legend, Jeremy Jones` snowboard movie trilogy, Deeper, Further, Higher….and i gotta say, it was some inspiring stuff. In…
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Banff Mountain Film festival 2011 in Matsumoto
Autumn is in full swing in Hakuba at the moment & the excitement of another winter amongst the snowy peaks of the Northern Alps is is starting to build. It`ll be not long now that mother nature…
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Copious amounts of Fire, Sake, and Fun! Nozawa Fire Festival
If you had the Japanese pegged as quiet, polite and conservative, you would be right most of the time… but The Nozawa Onsen Fire Festival proves that when the Japanese let loose, they can out-wild…
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The salt road festival
At the beginning of May, the Golden week holidays herald the arrival of cherry blossom season in Hakuba. Every year the Salt road festival celebrates the ancient salt road that passes through Otari…
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Go-karting 4/30
Another great day out for the summer season. 10 mates + go-kart track = ridiculous good times! 10 of us headed down to Ikeda where they have a professional quality go-kart track. 9000yen per person…
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Omachi Earth Day 4/25
Today is Earth day a time to celebrate our wonderful planet – A day started in the 70’s to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and nature gave a helping hand for what felt…
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BBQ party and High cascade super park 3rd day
The Lodge was turned into an open air theatre and BBQ area last night for the High cascade Super Park BBQ party. The riders managed to get a fairly early night which couldn’t be said for some of the…
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High cascade super park Day 2 – The Heli arrives!
Arrived in style by heli today for day two of the High cascade super park session.Definitely the fastest I’ve ever made it from the Lodge to the top of Sakka! The combination of a complete lack of…
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Day 1 – Welcome party and High cascade super park session 1
The High cascade Super Park session got off to a roaring start in the Morino lodge lounge last night. A chance for the production teams Indres formation, Bravoski, First children and Seven Samurai…
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Happo Super Park Photo Session
About 30 of Japan`s top ski & snowboard pros are descending on Morino Lodge & the Happo Super Park this weekend to do shooting for next year`s biggest ski & snowboard movies. With giant hits built…
