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It seems most of the damage is by the tidal waves, not the quake itself.

Ahhhh, a full week off.

I know what you mean sanjo, scary. 8. friggin' 9 I think bcoasis is referring to the small aftershock in Niigata yesterday morning. Hope Santa was ok.

Do you use this phrase a lot. It seems to be one of those that people use so much, almost wiping out the true meaning. It's supposed to mean that you're indebted to someone, right? I never know when to use it or not with my feelings of only wanting to say thanks when I mean it.

Hope that's good.

おめでとう！ Congratulations cheese-family. So will you be continuing your campaign to introduce cheese to the resorts this winter?

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Looks like it might be starting soon here.

The dates of the first snowfall in Niigata city. --The earliest ever snow in Niigata: 24th October --The average date of the first snow: 25th November --The latest ever first snow recorded (until this year): 16th December Good news though is that it should be snowing tomorrow in the mountains and also on Wednesday.

Plum trees blossomming in Joetsu City. 2 months earlier than normal.

Are grandmothers always good at cakes? They seem to be.

Well it's sure not like a winter day here. Like fall.

Muikabochi took me and the lady to that Untoan place - really nice place. The nearest one to me is Yahiko. Nice enough place, can be very busy.

A kid up here got one and it couldn't turn on. Nothing. Dead. He's having to wait to get it exchanged. He said he read online that there were a lot of cases like this.

I used to have really bad smelly feet too. It was a real pain. and I really could do nothing about it - whatever I tried didn't really work. Took a while but now my feet are much better. I remember reading about someone sitting next to someone with really smelly feet on a plane. That sucks. No-one else should have to smell other peoples smelly feet.

Quote: These areas are opened when there is both a sufficient amount of snow and it is determined to be safe to do so on the day. Interesting to read these as always. About the above - who decides that, and by what criteria?

Not got mine yet either

I'm doing a few streches every morning for about 30 seconds. I find it's getting me feeling fitter by the day

Good point sanjo. Like when the actual quakes were happening, incorrect info and incorrect rumours can be very damaging and even dangerous.

Average or less than average snowfalls is what I heard on the 3 month forecast a few weeks back.

3 times as expensive, thats outrageous. Good job we can buy from overseas and don't need them there subtitles, hey

Just saw on the news that the snow in Niigata is 2+ weeks late this year, and they reckon there won't be snow for at least another week....

They sure churn out a shit load of it, so there must be a fair few people making a decent living out of it.

When I first read that I thought you were talking about vids of some rental ski shop, and thought