August 2nd – A Dog’s Life Naganoken, Hakubamura no Koizumi Miyako desu! One of Evergreen’s long-term mascots, she is a 7 year old Burmese Mountain Dog, the loving companion of Evergreen’s Chief Canyoning Guide Mako. Best served warm in the morning…
July Summer Camps!
Every Summer we run 4 weeks of Summer Camps, 2 in July and 2 in August. Though the weather was still a little chilly for Week 1 we had a great group of campers who quickly made friends and had a fun week of activities, communal cooking, and general camp fun! Week 2 the weather was warmer and the …
Canoe Picnic
July 30th – Canoe Picnic A nice cruise in a voyager canoe, delicious lunch by the lake and a great swimming hole – it couldn’t get any better some days.
Midsummer in Aokiko
July 23rd
Summer Activities Outdoors
July/August June/July brought mostly rainy days but as usual August has pulled out a stunner in Hakuba with bluebird sunny days through most of Obon perfect for Canyoning, Kayaking, Canoeing, MTBing, Hot Air Ballooning, Hiking the Alps or just bbq’ing at the river. Below are some of the few excerpts from the last few weeks: Canyoning – August …
First Snow in the village!
First Snow in the village! 3rd November 2009 First snow down to village level came down last night to the smiles of many…
Summer Holidays in Hakuba
Summer Holidays in Hakuba September September has seen the temperature starting to cool and plenty of long sunny days as the Hakuba valley enters Autumn. The rice fields have been turning more and more golden and the trees have started to change colour from green to yellow, orange and deep red. Fun Mountain Bike trips, hiking and bonfires have …
Spring Time
Another one bites the dust… 24th April 2009 Another season flew by faster than birds flying South; and now those birds are heading back our way as Hakuba moves into Spring. Blossoms are out and in the sun on the good days we’re breaking into the 20’s with insects and birds awake and chirping. There’s still snow up there for …
Summer Jorunal 2008
Summers over people, get the wax out October 29th With snow falling at the top of the Happo Gondola we think its time to knock this thread on the head for the year…future updates from now including snowy mountain shots (if we’re lucky) or Autumn leaves will be posted in our Winter Journal. Until then play safe and take care …