It was great to finally get a chance to go snowboarding with the local Aussie... You may remember that we had Claire's leaving party last week, but so far she's refusing to leave. Well, that's not strictly true - in a cruel twist of fate, by putting back her flight home so she could attend her leaving do/Matt's beard party she accidentally stayed longer than her visa would allow, meaning she has to remain in Japan for another three weeks to sort it out with the immigration people. Whoops!