Niseko - Green Leaf Villiage Resort/Moving/Feelings

We did it! We were able to book one final trip before leaving Japan. The first week of March, we are headed to Sapporo (island in the northern part of Japan) via plane to ski and snowboard the world famous Niseko. Some people say it's the best snow in the entire world. We're so excited to have a chance to do this before we leave!

If you want to check out the hotel we're staying in, the information can be found here:  http://www.thegreenleafhotel.com/en/ -- There's lots of hotels in the same general area, but this one seemed to be the cheapest. Traveling domestically in Japan is not cheap, that's for sure, so I'll take my savings where I can get them.

Once we return though, it's vacation over and we hit the ground running with our move. The week after our return, I'm listing my car for sale and the movers are coming to survey our home to determine the specifics of our pack out. The following week, the movers arrive to take our stuff away. We get a little break for a week and then we move out of our house and into the Navy Lodge. After that, it's only a few days until wheels up and we're headed back to the United States.

I'm not going to be so specific on the moving out process as I was on the moving to Japan process. The moving out process is a lot easier and involves visiting all the places you visited when you arrived in Japan, except telling them you're leaving instead of arriving.

Part of me is ready to be back in the United States and pick up my life where I left off (remember, I used to have a career!). Another part of me is SO SAD to be leaving Japan. We've made some lifelong friends here who will be there for us wherever we go. The community here is so close and once you find your niche (it may take a year, be patient!) it's like you and your friends are inseparable. I barely have the words to describe how incredibly hard it's going to to be to leave my friends. It almost feels like I'm leaving college and entering the real world where everything is just going to be DIFFERENT.

Anyway, I'll be back after Niseko to share some pictures!