I made my first attempt at a weekend trip to Hakuba. It's about a 4 hour drive and about $40 in toll roads, but it means I get some very good powder in. Overall it's not really worth it unless you can share the toll roads with someone else but it's very do-able. I'll probably just go up there to catch up with friends as opposed to making the journey regularly.
Still though - edited a nice little video of some footage I got. I'm teaching myself Adobe After Effects which is a pretty powerful video editor.
Enjoy!
