SirJibAlot

love the spoiler - I wish I was there Tsonda! Okemo - 10 inches expected in New England tomorrow - ah, yea....

The Westin Osaka is a lovely hotel

I just bought the JVC single DIN for my EVO

It's not easy, but it's not impossible. If you miss the bus at Nagano - you are screwed...

I was posting on the SnowCambodia website for a while, but it just wasn't the same...

It was pretty good last year with DJ Ozma and his naked troup!

Sunrise - fair enough...so where's your list?

Saw this on the new last night. When is this country going to get serious about avi control? http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/424142

Timmeh, The problem is usually the batteries, not the camera. When batteries get cold they loose thier ability to output the proper voltage and the whole unit just stops dead at times with no warning. Back in the car, the battery probably warms up and is usuable again. For super cold conditions, I usually keep a battery in my glove or close to my body and switch it out when the other stops working. Another option is to get some kind of case or cover - it's usually the wind that chills it quickly.

yahoo http://weather.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/20/4810/20485.html

Thanks coldcat, but basically it says - if you fall in....sayonara, dude.

Kraut, Thanks for the detail, my link was fairly lame - I just so happened across the story on the weather channel. Sad indeed....

I would have thought it be more like: SNOW WOMEN MOUNTAINS WOMEN GADGETS WOMEN FOOD WOMEN IN ORDER!

TJ OZ, I think we have a new winner!

Jibbing....on my PSP becuase no mountain for me this trip

CB, I drank Pepsi cucumber...it reminded me of Crystal Pepsi from back in the days.... Favorite Family restaurant - BIKKURI DONKEY, Hell yea!

Snowboarder 'drowns' in powder. Video here

I would be surprised if there was a train past midnight...

bic, bic, bic, Bic Camera...

Originally Posted By: stemik Originally Posted By: rach Looks like "local officials" are doing what Rahul would want them to do.... Nov 19, 2007 JAKARTA (AFP) Local officials in a quake-prone Indonesian province said Monday they were taking precautionary measures after a Brazilian psychic warned a powerful earthquake would strike next month. Husni Hassanuddin, a spokesman for Bengkulu province on Sumatra island, said the Indonesian embassy in Brasilia had passed on a letter from a "professor" and psychic predicting a quake would rock the island on December 23. "During a recent meetin

some hail in Osaka today from about 6am....

I've done Takkyubin from Kansai many times, works like a champ. Service is usually next day (depending on the time you drop it off). The only time it took me longer than a day was when I sent from Niseko to Hakuba, but I alloted extra days for that anyway. I recommend Kuroneko (black cat) or Sagawa.

While the post was written in jest, I really think the emergency phone booth snowglobe would be a good one. Unfortunatly, it's an inside joke that only SJ'ers will understand...

It's a terrible tragedy, but it does sound like you mowed them down - purposely or not.

Gear in Japan is expensive - period. I know that others on the forums disagree on this point, but I have been able to get just about anything cheaper in the US. With that said, there are deals on last season's gear, but it's still not that great.