Just One Day in Sapporo
Saturday, January 11th, 2025 @ Sapporo, Japan
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After breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Sapporo, we visited Maruyama Park & the Hokkaido Shrine. After, we explored the city center, saw preparations for the Sapporo Snow Festival, and saw winter illuminations.
#ANACrownePlazaSapporo #MaruyamaPark #円山公園 #HokkaidoShrine #北海道神宮 #OdoriPark #大通公園 #SapporoTVTower #さっぽろテレビ塔 #SapporoClockTower #札幌市時計台 #Sapporo #札幌 #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本 #winterillumination
Just One Day in Sapporo
After breakfast at the Crowne Plaza Sapporo, we headed to Maruyama Park and the Hokkaido Shrine. After, we explored the city center where we saw preparations for the annual Sapporo Snow Festival. We had lunch and dinner and saw some of the city's winter illuminations.
A Warm Afternoon at the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 @ Fairfax County, VA, USA
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We visited the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Northern Virginia this afternoon. As usual, we saw many beautiful flowers as well as a variety of birds. The highlights of this visit were seeing an Osprey catch a fish as well as spotting Baltimore Orioles.
#MeadowlarkBotanicalGardens #FairfaxCounty #NoVA #Virginia #USA #bird #Osprey #BaltimoreOriole #GreenHeron
A Warm Afternoon at the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
We visited the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Northern Virginia this afternoon. As usual, we saw many beautiful flowers as well as a variety of birds. The highlights of this visit were seeing an Osprey catch a fish as well as spotting Baltimore Orioles.
Niseko to Sapporo
Friday, January 10th, 2025 @ Hokkaido, Japan
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After 10 nights at the Hilton Niseko Village, we skied one last morning before returning our skis to Village Sports. We took a bus to Sapporo where we checked into the ANA Crowne Plaza, walked around the city, and had dinner.
#HiltonNisekoVillage #ヒルトンニセコビレッジ #NisekoVillage #Niseko #ニセコ #MountYotei #羊蹄山 #Sapporo #札幌 #ANACrownePlazaSapporo #ANAクラウンプラザホテル札幌 #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本 #ski #winter #snow
Niseko to Sapporo
After ten nights at the Hilton Niseko Village, we had our last breakfast at the property and headed out to ski one last time. After draining our last 12 point passes on the Banzai Chair, we returned our skis to Village Sports and returned to our room to clean up, pack, and check out. We then took a bus to Sapporo where we checked into the ANA Crowne Plaza, walked around the city a bit, and had dinner at Sapporo Kanihonke.
Skiing at Niseko
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 @ Niseko, Japan
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After New Year's Day, we've spent 7 of the last 8 days skiing here at Niseko Village and the adjacent Grand Hirafu. We've experienced quite a variety of conditions as well as a bit of the region's famous Japow.
#HiltonNisekoVillage #ヒルトンニセコビレッジ #NisekoVillage #GrandHirafu #Niseko #ニセコ #MountYotei #羊蹄山 #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本 #ski #winter #snow
Skiing at Niseko
After New Year's Day, we've spent 7 of the last 8 days skiing here at Niseko Village and the adjacent Grand Hirafu. We've experienced quite a variety of conditions as well as a bit of the region's famous Japow.
Niseko Village
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 @ Niseko, Japan
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We've been staying at the Hilton Niseko Village since arriving on New Year's Eve. Other than skiing, we've done a tiny bit of exploring in the area and have had some food from restaurants nearby as well as various snacks from the konbinis here.
#HiltonNisekoVillage #ヒルトンニセコビレッジ #NisekoYo #NisekoVillage #MilkKobo #Niseko #ニセコ #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本 #ski #winter #snow
Niseko Village
We've been staying at the Hilton Niseko Village since arriving on New Year's Eve. Other than skiing, we've done a tiny bit of exploring in the area and have had some food from restaurants nearby as well as various snacks from the konbinis here.
Lower Manhattan as we arrive at EWR...
A beautiful evening view of the Acropolis from the GB Roof Garden, the rooftop restaurant at the Hotel Grande Bretagne in Athens.
#Acropolis #HotelGrandeBretagne #Athens #Greece
New Year's Day at Niseko
Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 @ Niseko, Japan
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We woke up early for Hatsuhinode, up on Niseko Annupuri. No sun was to be seen. We returned for breakfast at the Hilton and then headed out for our first ski day of the trip. After, we headed to Hirafu for a very late lunch before returning.
#NewYearsDay #Hatsuhinode #初日の出 #HiltonNisekoVillage #ヒルトンニセコビレッジ #NisekoYo #NisekoVillage #Niseko #ニセコ #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本 #ski #winter #snow
New Year’s Day at Niseko
We woke up early for Hatsuhinode, the viewing of the first sunrise of the year, up on Niseko Annupuri. No sun was to be seen. We returned for breakfast at the Hilton and then headed out for our first ski day of the trip. After, we headed to Hirafu for a very late lunch and % ΔRΔBICΔ before returning to Niseko Village.
New Year's Eve at the Hilton Niseko Village
Tuesday, December 31st, 2024 @ Niseko, Japan
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After breakfast @ ANA Crowne Plaza Chitose, we took a bus to the Hilton Niseko Village. We checked in, walked around, got our rental skis, & had dinner. At night, we saw a taiko performance and fireworks at midnight for the new year.
#NewYearsEve #fireworks #ANACrownePlazaChitose #Chitose #千歳 #HiltonNisekoVillage #ヒルトンニセコビレッジ #NisekoYo #Niseko #ニセコ #Hokkaido #北海道 #Japan #日本
New Year’s Eve at the Hilton Niseko Village
After waking up at the ANA Crowne Plaza Chitose, we had breakfast and checked out to take a bus from the JR station to the Hilton Niseko Village. Once we arrived, we checked in and did a bit of exploring before our room was ready. After getting our room, we picked up our rental skis and had dinner. In the evening, we saw a taiko performance and fireworks at midnight for the new year.
