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No need to apologise. Got a car? Might not be too happy with the stuff to the west of Tokyo, better to go up to Nagano/Gunma/Niigata...

Like Scaramanga. Nice secret lair, bet Dr Evil's jealous

I seem to never stop working here and feeling a bit stressed. All the more reason to look forward to winter! How about you?

Similar thing to Oceans experience. But this time at the relatives butsudan or whatever they call them. I was a bit lost at a funeral too, didn't know what to do.

I'm a bit lost on this one, just too many - so any pointers to shops would be fantastic!

How small are you talking grungy?

So many. The ones I go to most, Happo and Tsugaike.

enderzero, that surprises me. I love this justbeforeseason time. It's the justaftertheseasonfinishes time that sucks.

Don't listen to any of them echineko. You're doing fine. Now I'll teach you some more while we enjoy the snow at the same time. Hows about that then? BTW, how many private messages from this board do you get echineko?

Ocean11, you've never seen queues? Then you've never been trying to get back to Tokyo on a Sunday evening in January on the Kanetsu..... (you don't want to try, honest)

Yes, Uno is one horny lady

Custom design - Homer Simpson

Snow? Excellent. But let's put things into perspective here. More than 2 months yet before the real start of the season.

IM, like IIIII, you're joking right??! Kayama Captain Coast?! I knew Tsuchitaru was a joke - it's that 1 lift (200 meter lift) place right just into Yuzawa coming in from Gunma on the local line right?

2 people vote for Spring conditions Explanations???

Japanese...akibun, echineko et al perhaps fattwins, canadians get a raw deal, hey?

at last

The problem is the choice. I'm gonna try some off the main road type places this year.

I saw some highlights from the UEFA cup Man Utd match last night. Is Beckham nurturing a, dare I say it, MULLET there?? It's a bit Rod Stewart right now but another month or so we may be seeing the re-emergence of the mullet as the height of fashion. Cue mullet thread revival.

Very predictable, alas.

Really? Why was that then sachiko? Remember, it's not just speed that matters.

UK and US for the most part then so far...

My response to that would be something like what Ocean said above. Don't know where he gets them teleporters though..

I've been to Tomamu. It was ok, but Niseko wins out for sure.