Tokyo to Hokkaido
After Jack and I checked our baggage onto the next flight, we made our way through security, grabbed some fine Japanese chow mein and traded travel stories from the past couple of weeks. Jack had been touring through Europe with Mikkel attending a couple of contests and photo shoots. Jack, the fine filmer and editor that he is, had plenty of comedic edits to show me along with his stories. Good times.
As we're waiting in the boarding area, two more peeps from our crew showed up...Tom and Corey. They were fresh off international flights as well...Corey came in from Seattle, while Tom flew from Asia (he was working on an editorial piece about snowboarding in Turkey, which is considered part of the Asian territory). We exchanged a few more stories before they called us for boarding.
A quick 90-minute flight landed us in Sapporo where we were greeted by Keegan, Neil and Yui. Those three were already adjusted to the Japanese time zone, while the four of us were completed sacked out from so much travel and international date line crossing. But the funny thing is, once you reach your destination, that fourth wind kicks in and you're wide awake and stoked!
After claiming all our bags, we loaded them in the van and made the two-hour drive into Niseko...but not before a cople of stops to pick up our first of many fine Japanese treats. I'll check back in from the house and post some pics of our scene. Cheers, Blotto
All photos © Blotto Photto 2010
