Niigata City

Took a trip out with some good friends from Switzerland last year who were at the Summit as well with Yu, who lives in Tokyo, as our guide to Niigata City on the west coast of Japan. We passed through a mountain range to the west coast which is covered in beautiful white snow! It was really amazing travelling into a part of Japan which is still incredibly traditional and quite isolated. Up in the mountains it was really really cold though! We went to a festival in the small village above Niigata City where Yu`s girlfriend Amity was dancing, which was beautiful to watch. We laughed our way all the four hours there and the four hours back, much to the thanks of Pepe and Hessam!













In a snow dome with Karl, Pepe and Yu.

















Some of the dancing at the festival!