As we leaving tomorrow for Niseko today was the last chance to get photos of around Furano, so we headed into the town to where I saw some temples on another trip into town.
Another challenege was catching the shuttle bus into Furano and trying to get it to stop where we wanted it to we had a quick look around the shops on our way back to the Temples and Statues.
Over the road from the Temple & Statues Garden was a school, the kids were outside for PE or during lunch doing cross-country skiing as an activity.
So after taking a few photos of the temples, some new some that looked thousands of years old due to wear on the statues, we walked back into the village.
On the way it began snowing lightly and gradually got heavier. I have always known that snowflakes were all different like fingerprints but never seen this with my own eyes as it doesn’t get cold enough in Australia for them to form into proper crystals. So like children we stood on the edge of the road and caught snowflakes in our hands to see how many different shapes there were.
As we continued to walk back to our lodge we saw the local postman riding his motorbike over the snow and ice with chains on the rear tyre, which looked out of place as its not something we see at home.
As it was our last day to ski in Furano, we headed up the Kitanomine Gondola right up the top of the mountain. It was a little foggy that day and the view wasn’t fantastic but still beautiful. The trees up the top were all covered in snow and ice and looked amazing. We slowly made our way down although because it was quite steep in parts it took us about an hour and a half to get down to the bottom. When Tom does this run by himself it doesn’t take nearly that long as he just flies down the mountain whereas I take my time.
We took some videos of us skiing & boarding to prove that we can do this for those that don’t believe us and got some great footage of me falling over quite spectacularly.
After we had enough skiing for the day I handed in my skis to the hire shop and we headed back to the lodge for a hot shower and to decide what we were going to do for our last meal in Furano.
Tom suggested we go to a Tepanyaki Bar that he went to last time. So we asked Ray who was staying at the lodge with us as well if he wanted to come along as he was also leaving the next day and was travelling alone. The three of us caught the bus into Furano to try and find this place after a few misdirections we found it and were eagerly awaiting our dinner.
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