Japan Journals is a snowboarding web series from a bunch of Kiwi rippers in the land of the rising sun. In Episode 1 they meet up with Japanese pro rider Taka Nakai and get him to show us why he loves riding his homeland so much. This is the first of four Japan Journals webisodes. Snowboarding by Nick Hyne, Nick Brown, RMB and Clint Allan, filmed by Heath Patterson.