The "Real" Japan
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3 Jun, 2009
After reading the article Blizzard of Oz and a drive to the "real" Japan on Sunday I thought what Craig Tansley said was not quite true, great article though. I live in Niseko and not the ski resort of Hirafu and everyday I leave home I go to the real Japan. Granted in winter there are lots of foreigners in town but around every corner is Japan. Anyhow just 1/2 hour from my home is a beautiful coast where people carry on with normal life and this actually is true just 5 minutes from Niseko Hirafu, the village that most people call Niseko. You just have to venture out a bit and open your eyes. Check the photos from the Suttsu coast that I took a few month back. Truely Japan?
![Suttsu Coast 30 minutes from Niseko and the Japan Sea Suttsu Coast 30 minutes from Niseko and the Japan Sea](/sites/default/files/wp_images/dsc_0172-300x200.jpg)
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![Fishermen at the Habour Fishermen at the Habour](/sites/default/files/wp_images/dsc_0176-300x201.jpg)
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![Power Generators on the Suttsu Coast, Hokkaido Power Generators on the Suttsu Coast, Hokkaido](/sites/default/files/wp_images/dsc_0184-300x200.jpg)
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