rider69
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Expensive ones. lol
I have a santa cruz heckler with lots of upgrades.
Also have a Jamis bike they are awesome for the price.
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Look at jensons dot com for bikes. Even with the import duties and shipping costs their prices are still way better.
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ninja snowmoblies now that would be great.
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Also many ski resorts have private land issues so snowmoblie access of etc is difficult
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My friend from the earthquake zone had to come back to work in Nagano as there were no jobs for him. One of the nicest people I know. We sent them food during the just after the earthquake and of course as soon as they could they sent us something back in return. I think they sent us more than we sent them!
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ouch was on my bike and felt nothing
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Road access ski areas would be great but most people would still have to hike from the parking area. Not much money in that.
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Relocation needs to be done and done quickly. The lingering doubt would be killing people with stress. There are many areas withing Japan that need skilled farmers and make no doubt about it, we as people living in Japan are going to have to pay for this.
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Living with that much stress is not good at all. Good luck with the new job and less stress.
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Buy a kayak the nagara river is right up there for water sports.
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If I did decide to runI have no idea where I would run to.
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Gotta love the telly tubby cameras
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Very nice. The Euros know how to build a ski hutte!
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Ryuo has and always will be a little tree sking gem
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You can get a happo early seasons pass for 55000 yen. You might have to ask the lodge you are staying at to pre-buy it for you though.
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The rule is single and double chairs do not need safty bars but all other lifts need them. I dont know if new double lifts need to have safty bars.
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My friend asked this question at immigration about a year and a half ago and got this answer. "We want to know where you are when you aren't in the Japan."
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Can you imagine Dougie Gilmour playing wide open hockey? Watch the final game of the 1987 Canada cup man that was skilled hockey. Why we had to go though 15 years of holding is beyond me.
The refs need to call the games better. Kessler lost a scoring chance to a huge slash. Boston doesnt score the first goal the way they did if Patrice is in the box for 2 minutes. Yes Horton does have to protect himself but I dont think he can on that play nor would anyone else. You just dont expect to get hit that late.
For the record I dont agree with the Chara hit on Max P of the Canadians either. These guys have to know where they are on the ice. If you injure someone while taking a penalty then you should be gone for the game at least. A tough call I know but how about this. If you get a boarding penalty and the other player has to go to the quiet room test area, how about the offending player sitting out as well. If the injured player doesnt come back then neither can the offending player.
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The above car write up was not written by me just a copy and paste.
I’ve been thinking about this, where to set up your base thread. I haven’t met many bad European skiers in Japan, so I gave this some thought. Euros just don’t come to learn skiing in Japan it doesn’t make sense. Most Europeans doing a few months of skiing are generally pretty good. Most come with gear and an ABS backpack these days as well.
I personally like Myoko. It has great trees and can get bucket loads of snow. It tends to come in a gaint wave and can just continue on for a week. Not as much as Arai(closed) or Charmont (still open) get, but still Myoko can become almost unskiable at times with 1.5 meters of unsettled snow. I find the backcountry limiting (due to length of the tour) around the area but good. sking the cater is pretty fun and if you are a keener you can tour all the way to Nagano prefecture (Hard to due in mid winter). If you are looking for the classic Japanese tree skiing and pillows it is a good place with some steep bits.
Nozawa
By far my favorite resort to ski at. Great trees but most off piste is quite steep with lots of cliffs and slides through the trees. The legal trees are pretty flat IMO. There are many options but, certain lifts have to run and certain courses have to be open. Also a fine policy was put in place last year. If you get caught out of bounds you can be fined 100000 yen. As of yet I haven’t heard of a person having to pay this fine. I think the patrol have it in place to secure rescue fees. You would basically have to crash into a patroller to get caught. The backcountry, I have not personally skied but I can see nothing but tree lines on the map. Basically the same types of lines that you can access from the lifts are what the back country is. Across the valley though there are options. Nozawa does have long term accommodation on this site.
Yuzawa I havent been there in years. I was there at the end of the bubble. I loved Naeba some great lines. At that point in time patrol wasn’t that bad as no one ever ducked ropes, so the patrol really didn’t do anything. I hear that the patrol are more strict which is strange because the same company owns Kagura which is famous for not giving a crap. Personally I don’t have much interest in Kagura. However if I lived in Tokyo I would hit it up as a day trip for sure on a powder day. Looking at the terrain, the BC and reading some books also having friends out there saying how busy it is, equals not enticing. (pure personal choice). Elevation in this area is key IMO.
Shiga Kogen for a season you won’t get bored on the slopes but there is nothing to do at night and the challenge isn’t there. I don’t know of any long term accommodation but if there is, this site would have it in the listings. Not very steep and easy to get lost in the backcoutry. Some of the forests can get a bit dense. Ryuo ski park down the valley has some interesting terrain though. Great snow at shiga due to high elevation too. You don’t want to drive in or out of Shiga on a weekend morning or night unless they made the road improvements I don’t know.
I’m jaded because I am a Hakuba fan! but as you are a European it is worth considering. Happo and Hakuba Goryu ski much like the European resorts all be it on a smaller scale. You can also get your fill of the Japanese trees down at Cortina but man that place is getting busy. Cortina is one of the few spots in Japan with legal tree access and it is cheap. Much more touring options in the Hakuba valley as well if that is your thing. Accommodation there are long term options on this site.
One more point resorts like Happo Kagura Myoko Nozawa etc don’t actually have legal tree skiing. What they have is not enough staff to even consider putting in an effort to catch people. This means if you are going to ski off-piste be a prepared as nothing is controlled and they wont look for you at the end of the day.
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Federov transplanted into the post clutch and grab era equals 100 point seasons and many of them!
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Cheapo ones suck poop. I like Smith as they have some good products and many sales.
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Stupid drunk youth on streets after the game. The government will look at why and how this happened but in the end youth and drinking were the main reasons.
BM
You cant always look forward, you have to be looking at the play as it unfolds as well. The player had his head up looking forward, he saw that he made a safe pass and was in an un-hitable situation (key point). That is the main part of it for me. As an old center-man in my day this play happens all the time (not the hit). You come up the middle and dish it off to a winger and head to the corner or the net. You make the pass early, so that you cant be hit. Again Rome isn't allowed to make this hit. Horton has to follow the puck here as there are 2 options on this play, either dump and chase or go to the net. Again the pass was made in a clear defined safe zone where the player knows he can't be hit.
When are these guys going to learn you cant make that play. You do that hit in bantam or midget this days and you are out for the season, suspended. Checking is defined as separating the man from the puck. The puck wasn't there and the checker hadn't even begun to check Horton until well after he had passed the puck. You just cant make that hit or if you do dont take the guys head off. Also he jumped at the guy. He jumped, it was late a clear game misconduct no matter what and that is how the refs need to call the play every time no matter the outcome of the guy hit.
Ps I still have chips in my elbow joint from a blindside hit trying to take a pass up the middle. To this day I can still remember how much that hit hurt!
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The Rome hit was plain and simple dirty and wrong. Hortons head was not down at all. He skates in with his head up. Makes the pass knowing that he is now in the clear. He is watching the play unfold and a possible return pass. He is not expecting to get labeled that late, and Rome lays him out and jumps. 4 games maybe a bit much but when are these guys gonna learn? Rome still thinks it was a good play, wrong.
The Raymond hit was not done at speed and is a bit silly (wont happen again). I couldve lived with a 1 game suspension but I dont think there was intent or huge force. But the guys have to learn to give up on the check a bit. Also the refs need to call a spade a spade. Finishing a check is interference. Call it interference and these guys will stop.
When the other team scores 22 goals and the other 8 I think the team with 22 goals played much better.
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Are there any places in Myoko that cater to long term guests?
Some English details about buying a car.
Buying
You have two choices when purchasing a car. Either purchase from a dealer (new or used cars) or from another person. The benefit to purchasing from a dealer is that the dealer will do a large amount of the paperwork. Also, there is some assurance of quality. The benefit to purchasing from another person is that the price is likely to be a lot cheaper. If you want to buy from another person, but do not want to do the paperwork, you can hire a dealer or pay someone at the Land Transport Office to do it for you.
The two basic things you have to do when you a buy a car are:
Register the vehicle and transfer ownership
Verify a parking space
These two steps involve a great deal of paperwork and complicated Japanese forms. Taking a Japanese-speaker with you is practically a necessity if you cannot read or speak Japanese. If you do not use a dealer, you will need the below (you may not need everything for a Yellow-Plate, but you will need most of it):
Documents you need to buy a car:
Alien Registration Card (gaikokujin torokushomeisho) or Alien Registration Completion Certificate if your card has not been issued yet.
Personal Seal (inkan or hanko)
Personal Seal Certificate (inkan shomeisho) from your local public office.
Parking Space Certificate (shako shomeisho) from the police station in the municipality where you applied for alien registration. (This may not be needed in a rural area. See below on how to get one.)
Valid Driver's License (unten menkyo)
Documents you need to transfer a car:
All of the above as well as:
Deed of Transfer (joto shomeisho)
Personal Seal Certificate (inkan shomeisho) of the previous owner
Alien Registration Card (or juminhyo if they are Japanese) of the previous owner.
Letter of Attorney (inin-jyo) stamped by previous owner if possible
Compulsory Insurance Certificate (jibaiseki hoken-sho) from the previous owner (or, if you are getting it for the first time, you can only do so once the shaken is in your name, so do shaken first.)
Shaken Inspection Certificate (shaken-sho) from the previous owner
Proof of Payment of Automobile Tax (jidoushazei noufu shoumeisho) from previous owner (may not be needed)
Getting a new bike
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