Metabo Oyaji

Sad to see the forums go, but I understand what a time and energy sink the management must have been to the SJ crew. I'm sure I would not have lasted so long in their shoes! Thanks for the memories and the great community over the years. See you all out on the slopes.

Some plastic surgery and a forged passport, you should be golden, Ipps.

A Mid-Summer Day's Snova. Which I credit with curing my fear of kickers once and for all, because there is F-all else to do there...

May actually end up making the pilgrimmage myself soon. Don't tell anyone.

Cute trick. Sweet pup.

Expect I'll mostly be going to Fukushima, with the occasional visit elsewhere, as usual.

Be better with less talking.

Swim suits.

Santa Present Park?

It's tough. We took our pup via that ferry, which was the easy part. (Though would have been easier if our dog were trained to pee on pet sheets. Instead, she stubbornly held out until we disembarked and she found grass.) Finding hotels/lodges/pensions where we could stay with pet in tow was much more difficult. But you're visiting your in-laws, right? Surely they are not pet-haters?

Is that Kamui?

That mask looks like a kappa. (?) Lovely scenery. Can't help but picture it with (the soon to come) snow on it.

Et tu, Edano? I kind of liked him, have to admit.

You can -- there is a pet room with cages, which you can visit in the evening and morning, and let them out of the cage to walk around a bit inside the room. But the hotel issue once you arrived would be a problem.

Why not bring them on the ferry with you?