Never would I have skiied

There are lots of sports I would have tried even if I'd never lived in Japan. But one of the sports I'm pretty sure I would never have tried my hand at, or more accurately my feet, is skiing! There are no ski slopes in my home country. There are a couple of artificial ones, but artificial in the type of material they use. In other words, its not artificial snow, which at least makes a fake ski slope a bit more realistic! 

Many of my country folk go to mainland Europe, places such as France, Switzerland and Italy, to ski. But it's not something that interested me enough that I would have ever made the trip. But thanks to living in Japan, I was able to try it out on a whim. And it turns out I quite like it! I have been skiing several times since. I am not any good and I doubt I will ever take it up as a serious hobby. But I appreciate that it is something I can easily experience in Japan.

Moreover, my children have had the opportunity to ski on several occasions. And it turns out one of them loves it and is quite good at it too. That is something we possibly would never have known if we'd only ever lived in Ireland! Have you been skiing in Japan? And had you been in your home country or another country before you came to live in Japan?