{"id":47326,"date":"2025-11-19T12:53:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=47326"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:53:50","slug":"morgans-next-adventure-a-winter-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/11\/morgans-next-adventure-a-winter-in-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Morgan\u2019s Next Adventure: A Winter in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I\u2019m sure I must have mentioned it here at some point, but Morgan is currently in Japan. After spending the best part of a year in Canada \u2014 working in the kitchens at a ski resort in Banff and then heading out to Vancouver Island \u2014 he came home for a year, and has now headed off again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While he was in Canada, he got into snowboarding and decided he wanted to go to Japan, which is renowned for having some of the best snow in the world. 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