Hokkaidough
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Hey, it's getting eyeballs isn't it?
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I'll be wanting to try a Pow-Stick!
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We are very much into spring now.
I think many people, especially farmer dudes, really just want the snow to go now.
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Thank you thank you.
It's all a bit silly really isn't it, April 1st.
I propose that people post silly things all year round. We can all then spend our time wondering what is true and not.
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I'm glad someone was got.
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Niseko has this morning announced that alcohol will be banned at all of the resort areas next season.
In a press conference held outside Seico Mart just 20 minutes ago, and with some Australians in attendence, the resort has announced that next season alcohol will be unavailable at the resort and in all the restaurants and bars in Niseko/Kutchan. This complete ban has the full backing of all these restaurants and bars, who look forward to quieter evenings and more family-based theme nights. Sales of playing cards in the region is expected to explode with this latest news. "Crikey, a bit of a shock, but this can only be a good thing", said a local (Australian) toy shop owner who would benefit from such sales. The bars are hoping to sell more orange juice, squash cordial, colas and other non-alcoholic drinks instead. The hope is that there won't be any fights or people shouting at each other next season. More people will also make it to breakfast, which is seen as a good thing for Niseko.
The milk promotion board has already sensed an opportunity and 10 minutes ago announced a new Milk promotion campaign that will include well thought-out marketing phrases such as "Let's Drinking Milk, for Healthful Skiing Lifestyles" and "Niseko is Milking". A few minutes ago a spokesman, who is Australian, said "Everyone loves milk and we see huge potential tie-up opportunities. After all, milk is white, the same colour as snow. (Unless of course it is flavoured, but we will work something out there)".
The new ban on alcohol will begin from 1st December 2010.
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Hope to get there tomorrow
Many people out?
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Originally Posted By: SKIFriend of mine who work(ed) at Gala has said that the resort is kind of regretting it as there has been no increase in the number of people coming by car.
That's interesting wouldlike to know more.
I know for sure that if I had a big choice of places to go and other things equal - which they aren't of course - I would tend to go to one that doesn't rip you 1000 yen.
Perhaps on the best best can get away with charging and it not affecting numbers. -
Like they said.
Otaru is definitely a good place to check out.
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Quote:“Well . . . I can definitely feel a bit of adrenalin,†says Yukari Sendo, savouring the mobile phone ringtone like a fine wine, “but it really doesn’t make me want to do any housework.â€
She flicks through a menu of alternative tunes and settles on one that offers to improve her skin tone through the power of alpha-waves.
Ms Sendo and her friend Ayaka Wakabayashi are among an army of young Japanese drawn to the allure of “therapeutic ringtones†— a genre of melodies that promises to ease a range of day-to-day gripes, from chronic insomnia to a rotten hangover.
Japan is no stranger to bizarre phone fads but the popularity of the ringtones is perhaps surprising given the flimsiness of the science behind them.
Much of the tones’ credibility rests in the solid reputation of Matsumi Suzuki, the head of the Japan Ringing Tone Laboratory, an eight-year-old subsidiary of the Japan Acoustic Laboratory.
Mr Suzuki’s adventures in the realm of mood-altering ringtones follow a career at the National Research Institute of Police Science, where he made award-winning advances in the field of voiceprints. One of his proudest achievements was the development of a synthetic mosquito noise that is inaudible to Japan’s over-60s but supposedly discourages teenagers from “congregating in parks at midnightâ€.
Anyone know how to get the rotten hangover one?!
All sounds a bit strange to me.
What's your ringtone? Mine is an old fashioned sounding telephone ring. You know when phones used to be big and had dials rather than buttons. -
Will a good blow through one ofthe vents not do the job?
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Quote:Niseko Village, sold for 6 billion yen ($67 million), is popular with Chinese and Australian skiers and a mecca for domestic snowboarders due to its quality powder snow.
Located on the northern island of Hokkaido, the resort features two hotels, including a 506-room Hilton Hotel, two golf courses, ski trails and natural hot springs.
YTL said in a statement it plans to expand residential areas and ski-in ski-out estates, as well as restaurant and retail facilities.
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I didn't vote!
Have now.
Easy to guess.
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Team America.
That was funny
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Good watch that Mamabear, other than the songs
Thanks for sharing
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Yes, what is that in English?
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Thanks for the report.
Nighta doesn't look busy that night!
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bobby any good psp downloads to recommend?
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Good vid clips too got a good feel for the place.
Well that top bit anyway!
On the list of want to go places.
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Originally Posted By: MongooseThe amount of dribble that gets posted on here regarding how great Niseko is is bewildering.
Do you include your own?
It's just really popular.
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Where abouts is Muikamachi, muikabochi? Is it near Yuzawa?
I am going to be in Tokyo in March and might make a quick trip up there.
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Yikes. I would not do that.
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How far down is it blocked for TB?
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Oh dear, lets hope Luke moving on isn't a halt to what he was doing.
Archiving mails
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Yes definitely use the archiving, it keeps the files you use all the time much smaller and you can easily access the old ones if you need to.