Looking Ahead to Niseko

In just over a week, several friends and I will be flying up north to the island of Hokkaido (the Wisconsin or Alaska of Japan; cold and snowy and dairy central) to give several concerts in the beautiful ski resort town of Niseko.  About two and half hours from Sapporo, this small town will be hosting us, graciously providing us with accommodation and transport as well as activities for the few days we will be there (skiing, snow shoeing, potato harvesting.....?).  In return we'll be playing several concerts for them.  After our stay in Niseko, we'll head to Sapporo for two days to see the famous snow festival.  It'll be a short trip, only four days from Hyogo, but from the communication with the people in Niseko it seems that it will be quite a full schedule.  I'm enjoying working on the chamber music with my peers and looking forward to playing the concerts, meeting new people, seeing snow and skiing for the first time ever (!) (other anticipated first time activities: snow shoeing, potato harvesting.....?).

In Japan there are always flyers for concerts and here is the one that they made for us.  I feel lucky to be a part of this project- many thanks to the friends and organizers who are making this possible!