2007 January 10 Wednesday.
The snow just keeps on coming down. Yes! More, more, more BIG POWDER SNOW, please! Not only does Asahikawa get lots of snow during December, January and February (almost) every year, but the quality of the snow is light and fluffy, a big hit with skiers and snowboarders, alike. In fact, many people come here from all over Japan and a few foreign countries as well, just to bask in the warm winter sunshine, while gliding through the powder heaven on the boards of their choice. Especially popular with Australians is the Niseko ニセコ area of Hokkaido. Some of the Aussies have even leased and/or purchased property there, and built ski resorts that cater especially well, to their fellow countrymen. Right on, MATES!!!! Have a GOOD DAY! Hokkaido is a truly international island, with many unique features. Won't you too, come and visit sometime? Speaking of visits to Hokkaido, I know a family that now lives in Houston Texas, but they are planning to move to Hokkaido, Higashikawa, during this year in about May, or so. Good timing. You will start your life in Hokkaido during the warmest part of the year. Warm and beautiful. I know you'll love it. You will be coming not just for a short visit, but to live here on a mostly permanent basis, it seems. How do I know this? It's a bit of a long story, but The head of the family, called me by international telephone, and left a message on my answering machine on 2006 August 16. He briefly explained his family's situation and asked me to either call him collect, or send him an email. I sent him an email the next day, and we have been in frequent communication ever since, that time. Not just by email, but also via our websites as well. It's a great way to fly. Anyway, .... Why did he call me? He found this website on the internet while doing a search for information about Hokkaido. My telephone number is shown on the bottom of the FrontPage (top page) of this website, but my email address is not shown. I designed it this way on purpose, so that I don't get a lot of trivial emails from people I don't even know. That is also the reason there isn't any way for people to post "comments" on my blog or anywhere else on this website. I want serious inquiries only. I don't have time for trivial gossip, or any other form of nonsensical chatter. NOISE. We need much less of it. Come on up to Country Living. Anyway, because this guy in Texas took the time and trouble to call me directly by telephone, I figured that he was serious about moving to Hokkaido and so I have been keeping in touch with him ever since that day in August of last year. Since that time, he has started several websites. One of them is dedicated to his family's move to Hokkaido and is called "Hokkaido Bound". You can visit his website by clicking here. The other website he has started is dedicated to a more spiritual, exploration of life, in general, and you can visit this website by clicking here. By the way, for those of you out there who don't know much about Houston Texas, let me just say a very few words about it here. Houston is the 4th largest city in the USA, and it NEVER SNOWS in Houston. I myself, have been to Houston only one time, and at that time I was only about 17 years old. The only clear memory of the city that I still retain today is that it was the type of place, that I would never choose to live in. Please, give me a break! Give me the country roads of Hokkaido, in any season, and I am a Happy Camper 大満足です. Yo! Charles!!! I am very much looking forward to meeting you and your family, right here with boots on the ground, in beautiful Hokkaido. See ya'll soon!
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