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Just 4 for me
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Surely not Ken!
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Was ski.
Changed to snowboard.
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I really don't like stiffer boots. Shoes even. My feet must be very sensitive.
It's one reason I changed to snowboard from skiing.
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Lets hope it doesn't catch on.
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Very strange!
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All the nightlife is in Ichinose too. Rockin'!
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Yes very friendly and on our fave site
http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/hokkaido-rusutsu-accommodation.php
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Equator theme park not quite the middle of the world
A theme park in Ecuador called the Middle of the World has admitted that its location is not exactly where it should be
Tourists who visit the popular site in order to stand with a foot either side of the Earth’s equator are directed to a monument above a yellow line that supposedly marks the spot.
But the recent use of GPS technology has led to the discovery that the latitude of the line is not 0 degrees, 0 minutes, 0 seconds, as visitors would expect. Instead, the line is actually situated about 240 metres north of the Equator.
The park is owned by the Government and is visited by half-a-million tourists a year. One explanation offered by park officials is that the Equator monument, built in 1936, was positioned using methods of measuring that are not as accurate as they would be today.
The real Middle of the World, according to the New York Times, is found at a small, privately owned site called Inti-ñan. Comparatively under-visited, here there is only a sign on a gate claiming that its location is “calculated with GPS” to be 0 degrees latitude exactly.
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Epic Fail on the part of Apple.
And it's fun to watch. It's time for a dose of humility inducing fail.
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We are going to Appi and Shizukuishi and Tazawako in mid February.
12 days in that part of Tohoku.
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It's not high on my list of places to go, not even with pie-eater's "double size" version!
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Not related to travel really but the places on Honshu seem to appeal to me more than Hokkaido.
I like them there big mountains.
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I can't wait to get to Japan and try it out.
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Are the frogs in a box?
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Going to get 5 days in early month.
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Hi!
Skiing, since I was 8. Which was nearly 25 years ago!
Top resort targets this season
in Snow talk, trip reports, Japan avalanche & backcountry
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Going to be visiting Myoko, Madarao and Nozawa area this season.