Sudden Ski Trip on the 31st

It's been at least 10 years since I last skiied. After seeing all the snow the previous week, I had a strong urge to go skiing again, so I called my friend up to see if his family had any plans of going. I think they were planning on going in February, but since I had asked, they suddenly decided to go on the 31st of December, which is a special day in Japan.

It was SO fun! It was basically the first time for me to go skiing in Japan, so I was surprised that the ski resort was pretty big. The slopes were mostly beginner level, but I still had fun. I did find one slope that was a little steeper than the rest, and had a blast screaming my way down.

The scenery while on the slopes was amazing. I wanted to capture it on camera, but the only "camera" I had with me was the one on my cell phone, so I couldn't quite capture what I wanted.

My friend was a snowboarder, so I got to try a little of that too. I went down the slope twice, but I ended up tumbling most of the way down since I don't know a thing about snowboarding. Next time I go, I think I want to try snowboarding so that I don't have to land on my butt every time.

I sure did have a good time skiing. I hope I can go again.