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I think any of the major takyubin delivery companies will be fine. They are waiting for you when you come out of arrivals and offer pretty much the same services and costs, they'll get your bags delivered "next day".

OK things should be pretty much back to normal now both on the forums and the site. In fact we have taken the opportunity to make a few adjustments that optimize the database server, so things should be improved. Over the last 24 hours there has been over three times the amount of normal traffic to the site/forums - as far as we can currently tell this is only partly due to a few overseas promotional things we have been doing. We're still looking into other reasons for the rather unexpectedly high traffic today which put a large load on the server. Thanks and sorry for the disrup

Just to update this. From time to time we might be making some changes that make the Who's Online info and other data appear incorrect.... just temporary as we continue working on this. Thanks.

Ohana is a very small resort. The easiest resort to get to time wise is probably Gala Yuzawa (that is the resort that has a bullet train station). It might be a good idea to look at the resort reviews for the resorts in those areas: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/voice/review.php If you look at this page, you'll find reviews, journals and photos for resorts in the area: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/yuzawa-naeba-guide/yuzawa-resorts.html Best of luck

Tubby Beaver. We have been experiencing some server issues today due to a very heavy (unexpected) increase in traffic. There are 3 of us working here trying to solve the issues we are faced with. Turning the chat box off is one of the things we are doing to help reduce load on the server as we try to work out & understand what is happening. Extremely sorry, but solving the problems that we are facing whilst keeping the site online is our primary concern.

We were wanting to put another Niseko report up this afternoon but are encountering a few technical problems which are preventing us from doing that, so it is going to have to wait until tomorrow morning. Sounds like there is a lot of snow falling up there though.

Maintenance as in the chat box is undergoing some maintenance.

Maintenance. By the way, your avatar isn't appearing CB....

Please do Ewok2. (Are you having problems with that?) If you are experiencing any problems with our uploading please do let us know.

Photo of the Moment http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo-of-the-moment.html Great photos Bushpig, thanks for posting. Hope to see lots more.

Well you certainly should not be getting "some green map without names". Currently the names of main roads, expressways, ICs, ski resorts, train lines & stations are shown on these scale maps. In the near future, the location of the hotels found on this site will also be shown on the maps - and we also have other plans for them. We are working on it.

Samui - this might not be in time to help you, but in the near future the location of all of the hotel listings on SnowJapan will be put on our new maps: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/japan-ski-town-maps/index.html (We were hoping for this to be done earlier, but workloads got the better of us..)

There is a lot of choice on here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hakuba-guide/hakuba-places-to-stay.html I would mention my favourite place but it would create a lot of fuss and be against those nasty rules. Good luck.

As I said yesterday, please take your arguments off these Forums. However, it seems my request was ignored as I have just had to delete 2 more argumentative posts. The argument here ends now. If one more post appears along those lines, we will take away the posting rights of that member. We don't want to do that - please don't make us.

Take your arguments off the forums please folks.... and as I said before please mail us if you feel anyone is taking advantage of the Forums or similar rather than posting such things in public. Posting here only creates more problems for us. Thank you.

We don't like "subliminal adverts", but if anyone goes overboard with that kind of thing we will take care of it. Please mail us to notify us of things like this rather than posting in public. Thank you.

I am not talking referring to your post Domokun. I am referring to 2 posts - that no longer exist - that consisted of an active hyperlink and absolutely nothing else (and interestingly 3 members sent us a moderator notication mail to let us know about it - thanks). Please, if you (meaning "anyone") have comments or complaints about our policies, keep it offline via email or PMs. Thanks.

Folks....links will be removed, especially when accommpanied by.... not a single word as were two above. We are not a link directory. Thank you. http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/243164/Main/14225/#Post243164

Quote: I've seen a few newsletters recently sent out by some Niseko based companies claiming that this season is a bumper one with lots of early snow. I thought I'd have a look at the real story so far. Thanks for posting Go Native. I have not seen any 'Niseko based company newsletters' of late, but as a general comment some of the totally misleading things I read from time to time in some places is distressing. I can't believe some places get away with it. The "real story" is exactly what we strive to post on our Now reports and we will continue to do so.

I have done it for you.

No, only this one.

New Photo of the Moment folks, this time from TJOZ: SNOWJAPAN PHOTO OF THE MOMENT http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo-of-the-moment.html Congratulations TJOZ

They are good ones. Selfish one - devote more time to myself. Happy new year everyone.

Squampton I have edited out your email address from the post as it is probably best not to post in public. I have also swithed PMs on for your account so you should now be able to use them - but feel free to discuss it on here! Thanks and happy new year to you too. Hope to see your pics if you take any!

No, the heavy rain here would hurt. Probably best to email or PM us with requests like this please. Thank you.