January 6-8 My Season Begins.

January 6 - Air Asia Sydney to Osaka with Kuala Lumpur stopover
January 7 - Slept in Osaka Airport outside the Police station and 24h Lawsons. Police Lady came and checked on me and had no problems

January 8 - Jetstar Osaka to Sapporo.
Rented a Toyota bB for my cardanchi which will be my home for the next 50 days. (¥273000)
Rented a Mobile Wifi (¥18750)

Drove 90kms from Chitose Airport to Rusutsu.
Picked up my K Winter Season Pass (¥70000) which allows me to ski 5 resorts (Rusutsu, Sapporo Teine, Sahoro, Nakayama-Toge and Mount Racey)