You never know where you might end up! A conversation at a wedding the week before ended up with, "You should come stay with us in Japan." So we did! How lucky are we to have friends who recently finished a gorgeous ski house in Japan? Very lucky, indeed.
We left very early in the morning
We were on the same flight as our friends. In total we had 18 pieces of luggage, 4 adults and 6 children.
First snow of the trip
It was 2 hours from the airport to the house. Kids hopped into the hot tub right away and stayed there for nearly 2 hours!
Crazy hot tub kids!
Prepped for a morning of skiing
Our first morning we had so much snow to play with!
I get to ski, too! The first glide down the hill took me a while to work up the courage. But muscle memory is a wonderful thing! I can ski!!! 
Skiing Day 2 and Suds shows up
View from the kitchen to night skiing on Hirafu
The "magic carpet" that brings you up the little hill for the littlest ski schools and the sledders.
Skiing on day 3
Ella skiing down to her instructor
Julia skiing down the hill
Ella skiing down Silver Dream run on Hanazono
