monkey business

We're heading off to visit these guys this afternoon. It's about 40 min from where we're staying then a 20-30 minute walk through a forest. As part of the package we get to have an onsen in a rather nice looking outdoor onsen nearby in the forest. Stand by for an update.

On the snow front, after a rather (relatively) warm day yesterday, a new system has moved on off the Sea of Japan and it's been dumping heavily since early this morning. Probably a good 30cm so far (midday) and it's forecast to continue well into tomorrow.

Tempting as it was to cancel or excursion this afternoon and jump into the powder, out legs are just not up to it. By midday yesterday they had turned to jelly and demanded some down time - enough is enough already!

At least it was sunny and I was able to have a good wander around the village with my camera, so I'll have a bunch of photos to post soon. Here's a couple of teasers.