Hirafu Happy Hoppers - Day 3

Bunnies at Steak Rosso Rosso

Appetizer - Deep fried cheese in avocado salsa

Rewind to Day 2 - it ended with a sensational 4 course meal at Steak Rosso Rosso... rather crass to blog pic all four courses, but damn it was good (thanks Claire) and we're hoping to go back on Friday. The fillet was local and was cooked so well... with a hot stone on the sizzling plate to cook your meat further as required. We had a nice bottle of Cote de Rhone Shiraz to accompany.

Karate's Entree - Giant Scallops (2") wrapped in bacon

Ninja and Kickass' entree - Asparagus springrolls

Hokkaido Beef fillet - delicious

Lemon and Mandarin sorbet

Day 3: We awoke to see snow falling heavily from the windows - booyah - just the motivation we needed after yesterday hard slog on the ice. We did a quick test run on the Family slope and then headed across Kogen and Boyo runs which we'd done the day before.. sooo much nicer when covered in powdah. I practiced on the bunny hop stretch and then we had the obligatory hot chocolate break. Ninja and I headed up the Hirafu Gondola and the Swinging Monkey... and then attacked the tail end of the Rinkan slope before heading to Holiday... which was a series of steep parts and then flats... good fun but hard work...


After a Udon noodle lunch we headed back up Boyo chair lift... Ninja and I tagged a 5yr old each... on the chair lift... Kickass politely declined the offer to escort a kid after yesterday's debacle. My new mate, Julie-Marie was turning 5 in the summer, her dad boards, her mum skis and it was her last day on the slope cos her mum needed to clean her ski outfit tomorrow before they head back to the US... her sister is 2 and is learning to ski already... Ninja's mate was less forthcoming with chitchat after he joked that she was probably a better skier than he was... ouch... ego at age 5.... she was an Aussie.


Stats from today:
Duration: 4.5hrs
Distance covered: 9km
Calories burnt: 1525 Cal


After getting cleaned up (Ninja's clothes went straight into the wash), we headed to Kutchan, the nearby town for some Nurofen-gel equivalents and some supplies. Waiting 30mins for a return bus was a low point, but at least our milk was ok sitting in the snow!


Kickass and I then headed to a spa for a bit of TLC... Kickass had a shiatsu back massage, whilst I had a reflexology foot massage with some calf treatment... it was superb! We grabbed some Raman takeaway and cracked open Kel's red from her French friend from Anjou Villages... great end to another tough day :)


We're venturing to a few new spots tomorrow with some good overnight snow fall predicted and heightened confidence.


HALF WAY THERE!


xoxo
Karate Kate