On Anupuri

Glen Claydon

Hirafu Gondola Upper Station Nighter T-ROY 27th March 2010 360 X 180 PANORAMA Stereographic fun Please contact Glen Claydon 81 08 6098 7244 or gcp@glenclaydon.com for any reproduction of this image - thanks © Copyright Glen Claydon

Hirafu Gondola Upper Station Nighter T-ROY 27th March 2010 360 X 180 PANORAMA Stereographic fun Please contact Glen Claydon 81 08 6098 7244 or gcp@glenclaydon.com for any reproduction of this image - thanks © Copyright Glen Claydon

September and time for digging up our potatoes. Always a bit of a surprise to see what’s underneath all that dirt.                          We started out with our organic potatoes to get them ready for the Organic Festival in Sapporo this weekend. The Toya and Kita Akari looked good, above expectation. The excessive rains this summer didn’t do much to please our spuds. Their life got terminated a bit early, but the yield was pretty good. New potatoes are delicious, so come and get some this weekend in Sapporo or come and get them on the farm. Share on Facebook

A member of the hibiscus family. Okra has beautiful flowers and attracts many insects. Easily used as an ornamental plant in the garden and tasty also.

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Hanging out in my porch.

We spent the first few days of 2010 skiing at Niseko which is arguably the best skiing resort in Hokkaido. It has the most graceful landscape, especially the trees, I have ever seen.

It’s an entirely different experience skiing in Hokkaido. Epic storms occur regularly dumping a couple feet of fluffy white stuff each time. If those old lifts got locked down, it’s time to explore all the restaurants this charming little town has to offer. At A-Bu-Cha, our favorite cafe, we had all kinds of seafood, hot pots, sakes, and even pastries that melted our hearts. And you can always go back to night skiing to burn the calories, or chill out in one of the onsens.

It’s definitely memory that can be a little bit faded but never replaced.

Shot from the top of Niseko mountain with Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ5. View Large On Black

A hungry goat is an angry goat. So to prevent that they got us working hard to make sure they got enough to eat during our long white winters. I was not easy to dry grasses this summer with the enormous amout of rain we have had. But this week has been really nice and some true Hokkaido weather returned. The weather we all love so much. Busy with a million things, but with rains coming we had to get the straw bales in, otherwise they would go bad. At least the goats will have plenty to eat and there may be enough left to make a start at the straw bale house i want to build. Share on Facebook

Together with EN-Dining, Niseko Green Farm organized a great experience for our Hong Kong and Taiwanese guests. Our organic vegetables were hand picked and even the potatoes dug up and instantly and professionally cooked up by chefs Naoki and Jerrod. A cooking class in Japanese cuisine and food right of the land. Fresher than fresh. Our Mirai corn and Hokkaido scallops were by far the favourites of the bbq. Share on Facebook

My first iPhone 4 upload. Unedited. Pretty impressed that it could focus on the spider web!

Niseko Green Farm Sunflower Share on Facebook

Chilis come in a wide variety of shapes, colours and hotness. These chilis make a great border or pot plant and are handy to have around when you want to spice up your life a bit. Share on Facebook

First shot with my new Nikon D70

I found this frog sitting on my front door this morning.

niseko luxury accommodation shiki and koyuki

nupuri mean mountain in Ainu

photo taken 2009