Skiing in Japan

On the weekend, I hit the slopes in Japan for the first time. I went to Ishiuchi Maruyama, which is 1 1/2 hours from Tokyo on the Shinkansen (bullet train). Here are the pics:

The same night I got back from skiing, there was no snow in Tokyo. I got back to my apartment at 3am and there wasn't a snowflake to be seen. Fast-forward eight hours and this was the view from my window: