David came around today after a bout of paragliding with some aerial shots he’d taken of the lodge. After taking off from the top of Happo he circled around for a while and took some great shots of the Hakuba valley. Above you can see the Wadano and Happo area with the Morino roof poking… Read more »
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Canyoning in Hakuba
We’d been itching to get a group together to go canyoning and now was our chance. Jack & Ayumi were up from Gifu prefecture and guests were still at the lodge recovering from all the partying. Add a few locals and we had a fifteen-man strong group to brave the rapids. First stop was Evergreen… Read more »
Mother SOS party
Obon week – A week long holiday in Japan where people traditionally return to their place of birth to visit the graves of ancestors… …Except for the thousands of people who flock to Hakuba to escape the heat and…PARTY!! Friends from Tokyo and Guests alike filled the lodge for Obon week. Just down the road… Read more »
Making the Morino Lodge sign
This is the first Morino Blog post so I’ll make it brief. Quite a few customers were getting lost in the environs of Wadano last season trying to make their way back to the lodge – The reason, no sign!! I didn’t have time to make one in the winter but now its the off… Read more »