[Thinking of buying an iPod]

fukdane, the most I have got out of mine - constantplay, switching cds as little as possible - is about 7 hours. 6 hours and its down there near empty for the most part.

 

With the battery back, I got about 15 hours from mine.

[In Japan?]

Nagoya

[Really hot summer = really snowy winter]

I've no idea if this is true or not, but a Japanese friend told me that he heard a 3 month forecast that said there would be more snow than average in November. Do they usually forecast so far ahead?

[Equipment on trains]

Are there loads of special trains in the ski season to the main places (ie hakuba, yuzawa etc)

[quick poll: Skiers and Snowboarders...]

Skiing - a bit when I was younger, not for the last 10 years.

 

Snowboarding - last two seasons.