Skiing in a blizzard

We went skiing on the weekend and got caught in the craziest blizzard I've ever seen. It was so cold, the light inside my camera froze, even though it was in a padded case, underneath two layers of clothing! Check out the video...

Chicken cartilage at 'Meat Alley'

Last night, I tried chicken cartilage at a cool collection of small restaurants called 'Meat Alley' in Shibuya, Tokyo. Unfortunately, it didn't bust my theory that if you can't eat it in every democratic, first world country, it isn't going to taste good (see: guinea pigs in Peru, chicken feet in China, kangaroo in Australia).

That said, the pig intestine soup was pretty good...

Skiing in Japan: Round Two

I just got back from an exhausting, but awesome long weekend skiing in Nagano, home of the 1998 Winter Olympics. The resort I stayed at was Nozawa Onsen. Here are the pictures!

Not a bad view from my room: