Metabo Oyaji
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Ok, desperate measures then.
In bold, capital letters, just before the data-entry fields:
WE ARE NOT A TRAVEL AGENCY. DO NOT ASK US TO ARRANGE YOUR TRIP.
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You know what else is jolly confusing is the thread title. I keep reading it as Heisei 26, March 16.
(I will go out on a limb and guess that is not right.)
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Thanks, guys.
Where does めっちゃ楽しい come from, anyone know?
Web search indicates めっちゃ originally came from Kansai, then spread from there:
めっちゃ
「非常に」の意。「めちゃくちゃ」の転、若者言葉。「めちゃ」「めっさ」「むちゃ」「むっちゃ」などのバリエーションも存在する。
もともとは関西の方言だったが、関西出身のお笑い芸人などがメディアで発言するようになり、若者言葉として一般にも普及。「めちゃ×2イケてるッ！」のような番組名、松浦亜弥の曲名「YEAH めっちゃホリデー」などのように使用例が広がっていった。2000年のシドニーオリンピックにて、田島寧子が発言した「めっちゃ悔しい」はその年の流行語になった。2007年には「広辞苑」第六版に収録されている。
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That looks like a pretty good approximation, thanks. Missing Gassan, but I guess they just don't report.
Surprised to see Naeba made it to GW this year. I thought I remember them closing early April last year (?).
For future reference, here is the list, to preserve it after that page starts updating again next season:
Resort Name Town Prefecture Snow depth-weather* Compare to Yesterday
Daisetsuzan Sounkyo Kurodake Kamikawa Hokkaido 340cm -50cm
Sapporo Kokusai Sapporo Hokkaido 300cm 0cm
Kagura Yuzawa Niigata 270cm 0cm
Kiroro Snow World Akaigawa Hokkaido 230cm 0cm
Niseko Village Ski Resort Niseko Hokkaido 230cm 0cm
Kandatsu Kogen Yuzawa Niigata 205cm -5cm
Asahidake Ropeway Higashigawa Hokkaido 200cm 0cm
Niseko Annupuri Kokusai Niseko Hokkaido 200cm -50cm
Okutadami Maruyama Uonuma Niigata 195cm -20cm
Geto Kogen Kitakami Iwate 190cm 0cm
Niseko Mountain Resort Grand Hirafu Kutchan Hokkaido 175cm -10cm
Nozawa Onsen Nozawa Onsen Nagano 170cm 0cm
Tanigawadake Tenjindaira Minakami Gunma 170cm -5cm
Charmant Hiuchi Itoigawa Niigata 160cm -10cm
Akita Hachimantai Kazuno Akita 155cm -15cm
Marunuma Kogen Katashina Gunma 150cm 0cm
Nakayamatoge Kimobetsu Hokkaido 150cm -10cm
Shiga Kogen Yakebitaiyama Yamanouchi Nagano 150cm 0cm
Tengendai Kogen Yonezawa Yamagata 150cm -40cm
Appi Kogen Hachimantai Iwate 140cm -10cm
Hakkoda Aomori Aomori 140cm -10cm
Shiga Kogen Ichinose Family Yamanouchi Nagano 140cm 0cm
Shiga Kogen Okushiga Kogen Yamanouchi Nagano 140cm 0cm
Shiga Kogen Tannenomori Okojo Yamanouchi Nagano 140cm 0cm
Tsugaike Kogen Otari Nagano 130cm -6cm
Ryuoo Ski Park Yamanouchi Nagano 123cm -8cm
Ciao Ontake Snow Resort Takayama Gifu 120cm 0cm
Furano Furano Hokkaido 120cm 0cm
Shiga Kogen Takamagahara Mammoth Yamanouchi Nagano 120cm 0cm
Hakuba Goryu Hakuba Nagano 115cm -5cm
Shiga Kogen Maruike Yamanouchi Nagano 115cm -5cm
Shiga Kogen Yokoteyama Yamanouchi Nagano 115cm -5cm
Shiga Kogen Kumanoyu Yamanouchi Nagano 105cm -5cm
Seki Onsen Myoko Niigata 100cm 0cm
Tanbara Ski Park Numata Gunma 100cm -10cm
Shiga Kogen Terakoya Yamanouchi Nagano 100cm 0cm
Kazawa Snow Area Tsumagoi Gunma 95cm 0cm
GALA Yuzawa Yuzawa Niigata 90cm 0cm
Ontake 2240 Otaki Nagano 90cm 0cm
Naeba Yuzawa Niigata 60cm -10cm
Sapporo Teine Sapporo Hokkaido 60cm -10cm
Akakura Kanko Resort Myoko Niigata 55cm 0cm
Hakuba Happo-one Hakuba Nagano 55cm -5cm
Grandeco Snow Resort Kita Shiobara Fukushima 50cm 0cm
Zao Onsen Yamagata Yamagata 50cm -10cm
Hakuba 47 Winter Sports Park Hakuba Nagano 45cm -5cm
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Question came up in a different thread. Not sure how to research systematically, but off the top of my head:
Hakkoda
Appi Kogen
Zao Onsen
Gassan
Tengendai Kogen
Urabandai Nekoma
Grandeco
Minowa
Marunuma Kogen
Okutadami Maruyama
Gala Yuzawa
Kagura
Nozawa
Plus parts of Hakuba, Shiga Kogen, ... Niseko?
Can we put together a complete list somehow?
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How did the Hokkaido cheese enjoy Yamagata?
It seemed to adapt pretty well, after an initial bout of culture shock.
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Tio's looking good in that video.
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I'm surprised at how fast some of those drivers go through the courses. I suppose that is a point of pride?
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Akagisan Daiichi?
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Houjun Gouda at Gassan:
(Almost forgot!)
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Shingo Daiichi?
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Final tally 13.
Including 4 new places.
Not bad.
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Cheers, guys.
I wonder why so much busier? Were that many more alternatives still open when you went the first time?
The first time was the first day of Golden Week, so there were quite a few places still open. Well, maybe not a lot in absolute numbers, but I would guess that for most people wanting to ski at that time, there would likely be somewhere closer they could hit before making the trek to Gassan, no?
Can you explain the first photo for me? Trying to get an idea of the lay of the land!
That photo was taken from the back corner of the parking lot, so parking lot and pension mura to the left off-frame. The ski center/lift base is in the dead center of the photo, with the lift going up and to the right, and the main slopes behind. A line of people is snaking from the opposite end of the pension mura to the ski center. (You can see the ski-carrier cat vehicle near the left end of the line of people.) The snowboard park was set up in a valley that you can't see in that photo (blocked from view), below the line of people.
Make sense?
Many gaijin ants?
None others I could detect. There was one other there when I went last month, though.
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Pie-eater: Good point about the ants. They may have actually been people. Or else exceptionally large ants. It was hard to tell at that distance.
Onehunga: We timed it to be about 30 minutes round-trip to do one run, a bit after the busiest time. So, 5-10 minutes skiing/boarding, and 20-25 minutes queuing?
I should observe that the lift lines did go down as the day went on. By mid-afternoon, the lift line was down to 5-10 minutes. But the sight that greeted us first thing in the morning was quite a shock.
Also, lunch lines were not as bad as feared. We ate at the cafeteria, but most others, apparently having more experience than us, brought their own picnic lunches with them.
The weather, I should add, was actually cooler than it was last month! Which was a pleasant surprise. And made for better (firmer) snow conditions.
To sum up, I would say that the basic relaxed snow-lovers vibe was the same as before. Everybody was having an un-self-conscious good time. Just magnified by the number of people attending this time as compared to last month.
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Down below the base, a snowboard park was set up:
Lots of whooping and hollering. Looked like fun.
Then one last glance up and the drive home:
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Backpack tree:
If you're not interested in moguls, the trick is to take the T-bar lift up. As Rock-hand reported previously, it is all clear, fast, wide open-face carving from there:
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Last time I went to Gassan (http://www.snowjapan...magata-2014429/), I wrote, "I will definitely go back some time." So I did, today.
The weather forecast looked reasonable, and I figured the snow coverage should still be pretty good, so I thought, what the heck.
As it turned out, the entire population of Japan thought the exact same thing.
Hit the road at 4:30, made it there by 9:00, and was one of the last cars allowed into the parking lot. Those behind us ended up parking alongside the road going down the hill from the pension mura.
Looking up at the hill, look at all those ants!
And the lift line! This is not Naeba ca 1988:
Well, I guess once everything else is closed, where else are you going to go?
The inhabitants of Honshu took up residence on the (greatly-expanded since last month) mogul courses:
Kyushu and Shikoku battled it out in a snowboard mogul (!) competition off the first T-bar lift:
Okinawa went hiking beyond the pale:
Hokkaido was lost in the trees.
Other than some bare spots near the top of the chair lift, coverage seemed still pretty complete.
Last time, there were two mogul courses. This time, there were more mogul courses than you could shake a stick at.
Actually, this was a nice thing, if one is at all interested in moguls. One could go hunting for a mogul course at one's level. I hunted around and found some (many) too hard, some too easy, and some... just right! めっちゃ楽しい, as the kids say.
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Kiso Fukushima?
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Starting operation next spring? Too bad they couldn't do it in time for ski season.
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All right, one last day trip to close out the season, tomorrow.
Will be interesting to see how Gassan has changed over the last month.
Add: Follow-up trip report here:
http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/topic/24063-gassan-yamagata-2014525/
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As no one else seems to be posting I'll try: Araragi Kogen
Correct: Araragi Kogen, in the town of Achi, known for its starry skies and flowering peach trees.
In Nagano prefecture, which has the lindou (gentiana scabra) as prefectural flower.
Oh, and boasting a "Soyjoy Park" course.
Over to you, Onehunga.
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It's close!
Hope your family home remains safe from the black hole that appears to have sucked in Mold.
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Looks like two clues -- not that they did me any good.