March 8, 2007

Ski Trip 2007!

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February 26-March 1 Annual Seiritsu Ski School


This winter has been unseasonably warm in Tokyo, so much so we did not see any snow this year in the city. Normally Tokyo gets a sprinkling of snow each February, when the weather drops to around zero for a few days.


So what’s a private school to do for students who need the sensation of flying through fresh powder, but to pack up four bus loads of ski bums for a five hour drive west through Saitama and Gunma prefectures until we reached the mountainous prefecture of Nagano and it’s Kitashiga Ryuoo Ski Park. (Nagano held the 1998 Winter Olympics, although Ryuoo Ski Park was not an event site.)


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Udagawa Sensei leading his group of boys.


Over 200 students participated, of which about half were on their first ski trip. Interestingly enough, of the 14 teachers that came along, most were avid skiers and many licensed ski instructors. The schedule had us slated for morning, afternoon and night skiing sessions, with all the beginners being lead by experienced teachers during each outing in groups of 5 to 10. By the last day, all the newbies were on the intermediate runs, although they took it rather easy. Some of the more talented students were fun to watch whiz buy at top speed.


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First year students Tai and Misuki riding a lift.


We got lucky with the weather, having completely clear skies half the time, some heavy snow at night, and only one morning was the mountain so foggy no one could go hit the slopes. So, overall all we had a great outing, with everyone returning exhausted, but in one piece.


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Due to many different schools visiting the ski hill, all Seiritsu students wore numbers to be easy to spot from a distance. Looking like competitive racers was just a coincidence...


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Seiritsu Gakuen is a private co-educational high school created in 1925 and it is located in Tokyo, Japan.

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