Mari, this is for you. I was thinking about which runs we would attempt to snowboard down. I could see a few paths and a lift from here.

Photos with cell phones.

Ah, the super quick shinkansen. It goes about 188 mph.

I met Miho via flickr this past March. We met up when she was visiting brookyn and walked around my hood for the day. Fast forward 8 months later and she is waiting for me at the Ueda station in Nagano, Japan.

Our lunch.