Rusutsu

A full day of in-pist telemarking in Rusutsu under blue sky and bright sun with nice views to Mt. Yote. No powder for today, but nice outdoor day anyway Rusutsu seems to be really a resort for families and big groups; huge hotels, amusements park, many golf courses, and pretty steep mountain. Off-pist skiing was strongly discouraged with signs, but everything accessible from the lifts was completely tracked. Weather forecast says that it would be snowing for whole night – so have to get prepared for early morning

Yesterday we also learned basic facts of dining out in Hirafu: we were trying to find a table for 7 around 7-8 pm. and we must have visited almost every restaurant of the village and all of them were full. The trick is that the restaurants take reservations for 6 pm or 6:30 pm only. When we left the place we finally found at 9 pm, it was basically empty. So the rule is: book a table or go late (after 8:30 pm).

Btw, in addition to my flickr set, media from here is now also available in Mikko’s Twango stream.

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