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Bang-Bang, Hirafu

Last night was great at Bang Bang, Hirafu’s best yakitori place. You can sit at the counter and watch the master at work over the grill.  The seafood is amazing and we had the best tuna sashimi to start – the fish sang with freshness and flavour. It is a cosy place with a great [...]

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Ski Japan

Hirafu and Hanazono are two of the best places to ski on earth. They are on the Island of Hokkaido. The winds blow off Siberia over the sea and dump crisp dry snow on the island almost nightly. The view from the plane landing on snow-covered Sapporo was spectacular. I had never seen blue ocean giving [...]

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