Moonlight Course

Location: Unspecified; Japan
What Takes Place Here: The Moon Princess Contest
Episodes of Appearance: 038 - Snow, Mountains, Friendship! A Youma too!

click for larger version Moonlight Course is the ski resort that Usagi, Ami, Rei, Minako, Makoto, and Yuuichirou Kumada visited in episode 038. The girls wanted to visit because Usagi found an advertisement for the resort showing an event called the "Moon Princess Contest" which she wanted to enter. Yuuichirou offered to let them stay at his parents' home near the resort... provided that he was allowed to go along with them. The girls agreed, and they told Luna and Artemis that they were going to the mountains for "special training."

The Moon Princess Contest was actually part of one of Kunzite's plans to trap Sailor Moon and uncover her true identity. It was a well-established contest (an announcer said that it was the fourth annual event), and Kunzite brainwashed the hostess, Saeko Yamamoto, to work with him in order to trap Sailor Moon and find out her true identity. After the contest begins, Saeko skiied down the slope after the participants and began manipulating the Earth to make the course much more difficult. After some time, only two participants were left: Usagi, who was completely unable to control her skis, and Rei, who was an excellent skier. Saeko transformed into the youma Blizzar and trapped the two girls in a large chasm. After a brief battle, Sailor Moon used Moon Healing Escalation to cause Blizzar to transform back into Saeko. After she was healed, Saeko did not remember anything that happened. The winner of the Moon Princess Contest was never announced.

See also:
Blizzar
Endymion
Episode 038 - Snow, Mountains, Friendship! A Youma too!
Moonlight Course
Saeko Yamamoto
Kunzite