Author Archives: Simon

Konbu and Rice

By Simon | December 31, 2009

A few weeks ago when people were wondering where the snow was I shot this photo of Mt. Konbu with the rice paddies lying dormant in the foreground. Three weeks later the snow hasn’t really stopped falling and winter is far from over. We will be taking a small rest here at discoverniseko.net over the winter [...]

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How Much Snow does Niseko Get?

By Simon | October 18, 2009

The last few weeks has seen friends and I  do a lot of hiking in the Niseko mountains or Niseko backcountry,  trying to get every peak ascent under our belt before the mountains are covered in the white stuff we are waiting for.
In doing this and seeing the predominately sasa[bamboo] cover landscape has made me [...]

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Autumn Fish

By Simon | October 17, 2009

Sanma or Pacific Saury is one of the many autumn foods that you get in abundance in Japan. It is cheap and can be eaten raw as sashimi or sushi(mmmm:) and cooked in various ways from baked, bbq’ed or in Sanma Takikomi Gohan [Japanese Mixed Rice with Pacific Saury] which you can cook by following [...]

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Autumn Flavours

By Simon | October 2, 2009

It took a while but I have finally excepted that autumn is here and winter is just around the corner. So without any further a do I would like to introduce Autumn Flavours the new section of this blog devoted to autumn food.
So what’s in the pot and on the table this time of year? [...]

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