Kingofmyrrh

Ah yes, the usual Japanese New year shutdown... will try not to get busted by it this year!

I arrive on Tuesday. Back of the net!

Life Aquatic is great but I wouldn't put it above the Royal Tenenbaums. Missing out on a ticket for the single screening of the Darjeeling Limited at the Tokyo Film Festival back in early Autumn (it won't be out here until March) was extremely disappointing. I do recommend Adaptation with Nicholas Cage though. Very odd, but very enjoyable film. I actually loved Con Air. Its dedication to supreme cheesiness was fantastic.

Originally Posted By: 69 Really enjoying trying some different ji-biirus of late. Shiga Kogen is still probably my favorite. That stuff is really tasty. I think my favourite was the one with the light blue label. Can you get it in Hyogo?

I see, that seems to make sense... it's like Pimp my Ride in here! So in essence the systems on your map will spin anticlockwise while moving to the East, now I understand why Hokkaido will get snow last this time. This is informative!

I can't identify that coastline as part of Japan... are my powers really that weak?

Thnaks for the update! Care to stick your neck and have a guess at timing?

I just finished reading them all. Fantastic experience - one that my lacklustre writing skills couldn't do justice to. Much as I intend to make the effort to emulate some of the experiences outlined in the TRs, I can only recommend that you follow in my footsteps and get reading!

I am going to spend all day at work reading these!

I think it would be nice to mix everything in together in this forum, but that's just one person's opinion. Here are some of Toque's TRs, they are great - never realised there was so much good content waiting to be uncovered. http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Main/4987/Number/84239#Post84239 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Main/5794/Number/102494#Post102494 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Main/5220/Number/91049#Post91049 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Main/4977/Number/

Can we enter more than once? I couldn't see it prohibited anywhere in SJForums' post but I guess I might have missed it...

If I check other sites like Yahoo Japan weather (I'm hoping it's OK to post this link as it's just for informational purposes) http://weather.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/leisure/ski/1b/11717.html then it seems OK (wet snow followed by dry snow). Are they just overly optimistic? Is there some resource where I can learn to read weather maps? I just about figured out how to read charts for surfing but I wouldn't have a clue for snow or other weather informaion.

Those are some lovely shots but they are a touch small... is it possible to upload higher resolution ones in the future? Is your chief instructor wearing the new Haglofs jacket? It looks great but don't know whether I can justify the expense...

Any other suckers at work today?

Originally Posted By: Kingofmyrrh Upload is faster... My average speed at work is slower than this... so much for investment banks. Having said that, we have a ping of 3ms... would have killed for that back in the days when I used to play Quake!

Upload is faster...

Originally Posted By: I like Niseko AND Hakuba Do you guys who go to Kagura much think it compares well with places like Niseko and Hakuba? I don't rate it, been about 6 times and didn't find that much to go wild about. TBH I prefer Hakuba to Kagura. More variety there and plenty more that I've never even seen! Niseko I can't compare to as I haven't been (first trip in January). But Kagura's big plus point is that it is conveniently located. Heading up to Hakuba from Tokyo is a major undertaking, Kagura is much more manageable. And when the snow's right, there is plenty of fun to be had

Originally Posted By: Kumapix Originally Posted By: Kingofmyrrh Hmmm this is a poser... I want to go. I have a date that's meant to start from 7pm that evening. Maybe I should get an early train back or something? What to do!?!?! dude, if you don't go riding because of a date then you'll have to go in the thread of shame! You haven't seen the jacket I ski in. I've had my place in that thread prebooked from the day I purchased it. It's a poser. I will have to look into the logistics of the transport.

Hmmm this is a poser... I want to go. I have a date that's meant to start from 7pm that evening. Maybe I should get an early train back or something? What to do!?!?!

Which lift is that in the last shot? Don't recognise that slope...

I wish I was... instead I'm just sadly deluded it would seem!

This thread had slipped to page three, no good! So, if I get first shinkansen up on Monday morning and get a taxi from the station to Mitsumata (ie don't wait for the bus), is it still likely that I am going to get horribly delayed waiting for a lift pass at the ropeway station? I know nobody can know for sure but maybe people can guess based upon the fact that it is the Monday of a long weekend. I presume that my trip back that afternoon will be fairly miserable? Life was simpler last year when I had my own permanent ski chauffeur (ski buddy)...

Hmmm... sounds like I need the gear. Hope I have time to pick it up beforehand. Thanks for the vivid description!

Changing the topic only briefly - if I go out to Chiba this weekend with nothing but a 4/3 F-bomb (no boots, no hood) am I going to have a very unpleasant time? Not that much surf forecast, but just in the mood...

Some of the ones that I got you to move have pictures that don't display properly. This can be fixed by removing the numerical code from after the filename in the image tags... but I can't edit other people's posts...