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Danielle- Snow Camp!

Snow Camp


Hello, all! Just came back from a major camp up north Japan in a place called Iiyama, Nagano. Needless to say, I had a BLAST in the snow that I missed out on this year (it doesn't snow in Tokyo like it does back in Chicago). And since - predictably - I took a ton of photos, I'll let the pictures kind of speak for themselves. :)

There were over 600 people who attended, and we were all separated into groups. Each group stayed in its own "minshuku" or lodge and all shared rooms.


Within our groups, we had all sorts of events and little adventures we went on. Such as...

taking a bus to get around the lovely snow town that is Iiyama...


meeting everyone else from Hippo family club at a massive lodge...


later having a snow sculpture contest...


sledding...


snowshoeing...


making/eating our own ice cream...


making these cute little candles and also setting a few up in our gigantic igloo we made...


lighting our own torch using friction, wood, and lots of manpower...


and meeting all the other groups for one big finale! Look at all those people!!

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