TJ OZ

Kashmir.

Originally Posted By: Goosie Originally Posted By: TJ OZ We have curry here in Hakuba too so best not to come through these parts. The problem travelling to most of the other resorts around Japan is that they will mostly serve curry too. If you make curry your friend you will enjoy Japan the more for it. Curry can be your friend. Curry is my friend. I like it. I just don't like burped in my direction by rag heads first thing in the morning. If you were truly at one with curry then you would accept it in all it's forms. You are obviously a curryist and definitely not welcome in th

We have curry here in Hakuba too so best not to come through these parts. The problem travelling to most of the other resorts around Japan is that they will mostly serve curry too. If you make curry your friend you will enjoy Japan the more for it. Curry can be your friend.

Originally Posted By: pie-eater My posts are not attempts at humour. However, even if that were the case, Click to reveal.. Seen that one before so I didn't laugh a second time.

Originally Posted By: pie-eater It's taken 4767 attempts at humour but that's the first time I have laughed at one of pie-eaters posts.

Cheers BW

Like aquarius but lightly carbonated. It was big about 4 years ago and has slowly been taken off the shelves around this area. Just wondering if it might be around other parts.

Does anyone know if the "Freestyle" drink is still available. I haven't seen it around for about 12 months.

Originally Posted By: ELMO Is my answer not acceptable for you TJ OZ? You wanted feedback.... I gave it. No it's fine. Cheers.

Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps Was that last post sarcasm, TJ OZ? . No

Originally Posted By: oblivion Ever so sorry, Mr Pompous! No worries

Originally Posted By: ELMO There was no option for my vote, as others have noted. I told you my reason, did you not read my post. Stuff going on in Japan. Stuff not going on in other places that I want to go to. The choice is simple. I had not chosen any particular area yet. Thanks Noted "Stuff going on in Japan' Cheers

Originally Posted By: oblivion What's that mean then? Sorry. Don't know how to make it any more clearer. Anyway I'm interested in peoples opinions who don't usually post and who don't live in Japan. Thanks.

Originally Posted By: ELMO I was planning on Japan next winter but I am put those plans off now and will be checking out somewhere else on the list. 'Other places I want to visit just don't have any of this shit going on' fairly sums it up. There's lots of places on my list and I have no existing connection to Japan, so I'll just put the idea on the shelf for now. Did you vote Elmo? Could you let me know what in specific are your reasons for not visiting. Where abouts were you thinking of going to?

Originally Posted By: oblivion If you had a posted an even semi-useful poll, it might have worked. As it is, you missed the main reason off the poll completely, as other people have noted. Hmmmm. The poll is selfishly for me.

Yeah Cheers mate. I'm actually interested in peoples opinions on this. If you don't mind could you just move on to something else. I know it's a public forum and all but I'd appreciate it if you could just hold off for a while. I'm more interested in the opinion of people who are not posting all the time and are not in the country. Thanks.

Keep the votes coming in

Originally Posted By: @tokyo Are they Spiderman gloves?! Didn't even notice but the product placement is good in that pic. The Spyder gloves have done well over the last 2 seasons but they will retire in a few weeks.

Originally Posted By: muikabochi Thanks. So Happo just rubbish at resort management then? Happo could definately have it openend to the bottom atm if the planned it better. Coming from Oz we know how to farm snow into solid ice. I think it is more of a cost cutting measure. The skier numbers here do not warrant spending the money on grooming and then also having the lifts open to those areas. It is better to concentrate the smaller numbers to a smaller area which is probably practical resort management.

Northely aspect, grooming, snow making, good snow year. I was up there yesterday and as you can see there is still snow to the sides at 47. There is not a dirt patch on any run on Goryu and 47 at the moment and still top to bottom at both resorts. A great job done by the resort management companies. Park is in excellent shape too.

Originally Posted By: surfarthur One thing I have been wondering, has there been many avalanches in northern Honshu with all the aftershocks that keep happening? I was in the backcountry with a group who were standing in a pit when the big one happened. No snow movement at that time occurred luckily. I actually thought the rumble was an avi close by. I have not studied the event of avi's in an earthquake situation however I thought afterwards if it was going to go, then it should have released where we were as we had compromised the slope.

Originally Posted By: Mick Rich Out of interest, is there any heli-skiing in Japan?? Not heli skiing as such. More like a heli lift. Tsugaike and Kagura were running something this year. There is another in Niigata that escapes my memory.

47 Park

Originally Posted By: TropicalPow With the Aus dollar so strong against the US and Canadians dollars, it seems a strange stategy. Much as I want to return to Japan it only pushes Nth America's case for a look at again next season. I for one will do the sums. Interesting to see what airfares to Japan do. I would suggest that it will be the only resort of the 500+ in Japan who will follow that strategy.

47 is still top to bottom skiing with full cover and the park is in full swing. I was up there yesterday morning and the groomers were as good as it gets.