Mt.Tokachidake (Mt.Tokachi) 54
Temperature: minus 23 degrees Celsius at the Tokachidake Hot Springs (Tokachidake Onsen).
The road has just been cleared of snow. The road was covered with compacted snow. He once heard the sound of frost crack. It was much colder than expected above 1000m of altitude. After the interval training at the summit, he met a German there. He talked with her for a while. She told their group had been doing backcountry skiing around Niseko but it had been to clouded there. So they moved to here to continue backcountry skiing. The descent was uneventful. After the training, he realised a degree frostbite formed on the tip of the nose. It took about three days so that it heals.
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