Today was the last day on the slopes, and it hadn't snowed last night.
Woo decided he was not going to come boarding today as his neck was still very sore and we figured that with no snow last night, the runs would be very icy. I headed out at about 10am and was pleased to find the runs were reasonably soft, and the crowds weren't huge either.
Woo came down a bit later to take some photos, and was feeling better. When he found out the runs were quite soft, he decided he did want to board today, and then had to go back and get his board and gear. I ran into Monique and boarded with her for most of the day.
I normally stand goofy, which means I have my right foot forward. I spent most of today practicing doing it the other way, so with my left foot down the hill. By the end of the day, I was pretty decent at it, although I'm sure I dont look terribly smooth.
At about 2:30pm, they closed all the lifts at the top of the mountain due to high winds, and this brought shitloads of people down onto the beginner runs we were on. Not long after this I decided to call it a day (and a week) and end my snowboarding adventure.
I walked the 10min back to the hotel, and had a chance to look around the village. This whole area was originally built as the village for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics and the signs are still everywhere.
I got back had and shower and a bit of a nap before Woo and I went out for dinner with Kirsty and Josh. We went to a little place called Sari-Sari just down the road and had some tempura and also some more western food like Pizza and roast pork.
At the end of the night, the restaurant drove us back to the hotel, and I pretty much went straight to bed. We have around twenty hours of travel tomorrow to get back to Perth, and we're gonna spend a few hours in Nagano on the way back and go to the Zenkoji temple.
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