stemik

what a jerk

nice one. I think she'll be pleased. I hear a lot drop out of Happo Racing Club - too hard for them training after school 4 days a week and racing on the weekend

not too sure if the wife can wrangle one...a bit envious she gets a pass for all the Hakuba mountains... My daughter is going to be in Happo racing club so might be a chance there.... keep you posted

no try again.....200 yards up the road

no try again.....200 yards up the road

Thanks FT....so am I right thinking that on powder days they will groom all the piste before they open the lifts? Whats the 1000yen for?

when do they start to sell them? TJ - How much cheaper do you get them for?

yeah - that was a big one!

full to the brim of personal effects, no pickled onions in there!

I have recently shipped a 20ft container from the UK to Hakuba, I had a few quotes and Nippon Express was the most expensive. If you use a local Japanese company then you know what you are paying for - for example if any problems arise in customs clearnance, delivery in Japan etc... I used a local UK company and though the price was very reasonable I did have a few little hicups on arrival as well as delivery.

is it a "spitting image" of yourself?

yes a Lowry - "he painted matchstick men and matchstick cats ad dogs"

two words - midget gems

Originally Posted By: soubriquet My mistake. I thought he was Komei party, the front for Soka Gakai cult. He is actually LDP. My wife mentioned our neighbours are Soka Gakai...she said kind of cult. I thought just a type of budhism as protestant is a type of Christanity.... Need to know more......

Originally Posted By: soubriquet MrW is right on the mark, soubriquette said more or less the same thing this morning. She's also very happy to see Soka Gakai out. Soka Gakai?

Compromise Reached on Olympic Course Tuesday, December 2, 1997 Though there has been no official comment, a compromise has allegedly been reached in the more than five-year battle between Japanese officials and the governing body of skiing over the length of the men's Olympic downhill course in Nagano, Japan. On Monday, the NAOC (Nagano Olympic Organizing Committee) allegedly agreed to lengthen the downhill course by 279 feet to 5,791 feet. The International Ski Federation (FIS) has been demanding the course be extended to 5,906 feet. FIS had contended the existing course was

Scouser, besides a ticket what is stopping you form going?

Just read on BBC online that 3500 tickets could be on sale at the stadium to UK passport holders only. Check it out at http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/worldcup200...000/2052121.stm Has anybody else heard this news?

Planning a ski trip to NZ later this year. Can anyone recommend the best place to ski/board. Hopefully will be spending a couple of weeks down there with wife and child.

any idea how to get tickets for England v Denmark in Niigata?

Use a walkman, and listen to Bat out of Hell by Meatloaf. You'll be suprised at how fast you get down the slope.

Not actually a skiing accident, but I fell from my moutain bike while riding at Echo Valley Ski resort a few summers ago. Spent 2 very boriing weeks in hospital. The ski resort paid out about 300,000 yen to me as insurance.

Has anybody out there been heli skiing in Japan, would like to know the experiences and the prices!

Try Sugadaira. I went there for New Year last year, very quiet on "white davos" esp. the advanced courses.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I beleive this was used by Japanese ski manufactures to block the import of foreign made skis. A little bit like the make up manufactures who said that Japanese skin is different.