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Well here I am in wintery Japan. Leishblog has been all over the place the past few days but I have finally reached my first destination, the lovely northern Japanese ski village of Niseko. Travelling with Dad has been fun and the `Dave quotes` page in my notebook is filling up fast. He really does come out with some gems, many of which are intentionally funny. Like when we arrived in Tokyo, we were guided around all of this rabbit warren passages, through the terminal until we got to some glass doors. They were fuzzy and we did‘t quite know where they were going to lead us to. Dad said `It looks like a bloody gas chamber`…..I don`t know where this stuff comes from.  He is going pretty well dealing with all of the cultural differences and it was cute watching him on the plane trying to go through all of the popular Japanese phrases,.

I am very much enjoying Japan. The people are very friendly and polite and I like the head bowing. I think we should introduce it into Australian culture. I also like saying `Hai` really because it`s the only Japanese phrase that I can say with confident conviction.

The snow here is beyond awesome and the funniest thing is that Niseko has had more snow this past 2 weeks than Perisher had the whole last season. It is very powdery and the snow makes a lovely squelchy sound, a bit like skiing on cornflour。It snows a lot here, and the average temp is about -8, so very　ｃhilly。

The other fantastic thing about coming to the snow at this time of year is the complete lack of people. . There are a few aussies and lots of french people but other than that, it is very quiet. Dad and I were marvelling at the the lifts yesterday with about 8 lifts in between us and the next skiers. It is really unusual to be in such wonderful conditions and to also have no　one to run into or get in your way. Prettｙ special really and we have been very lucky that they have had such wonderful snow dumps this early in the season because it was a bit of a risk!

I don`t know if this surprises me or not but there is only one Internet computer in the whole of Niseko but there is wireless access everywhere, so I should have lugged my beloved laptop around and I could have been blogging a lot more often. Sometimes while typing this I have been looking down at the keyboard, typing like crazy (Mrs Rawling my High School typing teacher would have rapped my fingers with a ruler by Now) and I look up and for some reason I have touched something on the keyboard a ruler by no) and I look up and for some reason I have touched something on the keyboard that has made everything I have typed into Japanese text. 亜lてょうghティsぉ尾ksファンcy意t意s一板チンg案dpロバblyのt無ch尾f亜へlpとノン。。。。。There it goes again. Although this looks pretty it　Is not that helpful for non Japanese readers of LeishBlog.. I am suspecting that is all of you.The food is magnificent here. I don‘t think I have stopped eating  or thinking about food since we got here. Our hotel provides dinner and breakfast and we marvel at some of the magnificent tasting and Wonderful looking food that arrives at our table each day. We have ordered the Western breakfast each Morning, which is fairly interesting. The meal starts with a green salad, followed by a bowl of potato soup　Scrambled eggs, yogurt, toast and coffee.  We are so full by the end oｆ it you could push us down the mountain and we would roll all of the way.

I am pretty into Japanese TV, no English, lots　Of graphics and giggly girls. At night I watch the telly and piss Dad off by creating　ｍy own commentary to the shows. It is sad。

Finally I must rave about the onsen. The hotels Hot Springs.　Like oh my god it is relaxing. The only sort of challenging thing is, is that you have to get your kit off but after you get over the initial weird feelings of being naked in a public place, it is pretty cool. They separate the chicks and the dudes. You wash yourself with all of the lovely lotions and potions they provide and then you head outside into the minus 10 atmosphere and go for a dip！The water is very hot and it feels pretty ｍarvellous swimming next to the snow but not feeling cold.  I have photos of the Onsen……me in it？…..you will have to ｗait and see。I shall put them up when ever I can find somewhere to connect the camera.

Anyway must go and eat another meal！L

（Apologies for the random capital letters but it is the only way to stop it going into Japanese…..I think I am turning Japaneses….a bit weirｄ)