Early morning shinkansen

Woke up at 4 am today (after going to bed at 1…) to catch the 6 am Shinkansen (bullet train) to Nagano. Why? To go skiing! Well, I’m trying to cram as much skiing as I can this weekend so I’ll probably keep these posts relatively short and do a big one at the end.

Today’s itinerary:

• 4:30 - wake up
• 5:00 - leave house with ski bag to go to subway
• 5:45 - arrive at Tokyo station, have awkward conversation with train agent because I did something weird with my Shinkansen ticket booking
• 6:15 - get on Shinkansen, depart
• 7:30 - arrive at Nagano, buy bus ticket
• 8:15 - get on bus from Nagano to Hakuba
• 9:30 - arrive at Hakuba, take bus to accommodation
• 10:15 - arrive at accommodation (specifically, a pension called Nugget Inn, it’s super cute). Get changed
• 11:00 - leave the inn, walk to ski resort
• 11:30 - grab lunch
• 12:00 - arrive at ski resort (I went to Happo One but there are like a dozen resorts in Hakuba), buy half day lift ticket (noon-4pm). Learn how to snowboard again
• 16:00 - leave resort
• 16:30 - buy burnt sweet potato, talk to some travelers
• 17:30 - arrive back at inn completely frozen
• 19:00 - get dinner with friends
• 21:00 - go to sleep

waiting in line for bus, basically everyone is skiing

got front row seats on the bus

snowy town (in Hakuba)

ski lift

mountain view

burnt potato