snowboarding

Ubagatake

[http://www.novaugust.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/DSCN4199_crop.jpeg] Another weekend, another backcountry trip. The crew was mostly familiar faces: Kazumi, Zunko, Kanji, Satoko (from the first trip) and one

Backcountry Japan Ski Video (Gassan)

Kazumi-san linked me the video she put together from our first backcountry trip [https://blog.novaugust.net/backcountry-japan/]for the year, so I'm throwing it here to keep it in mind.

The Big Backcountry

Once again thanks to Takeuchi-san, I hit Yamagata's backcountry on the 15th. The size of the group got a little out of control on this one though... [http://www.novaugust.net/

Holidays Part 3, Back to Zhao

I wrapped up my errands [https://blog.novaugust.net/holidays-part-2-sendai-lights/] and met friends early in the morning at Sendai Station on the 28th to take another [https://blog.novaugust.net/holidays-part-1-christmas/] trip out

Holidays Part 1, Christmas

This post: a catch-up of what's happened since the backcountry trip [https://blog.novaugust.net/backcountry-japan/] all the way up to Christmas day. Leading up to Christmas Swingy Christmas There was