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Thanks for all the suggestions. I've been trying to find more info on some of them. Toyama was suggested to me elsewhere - any thoughts on that area? I have to say, what I can find on Takayama makes it look really nice. Being in Nagano also looks great if just cause it's a little larger. Any of them especially good for a young lad like myself? And yeah, you can only submit preferences on the JET application. I royally screwed that one up, too. Since I wasn't sure where I wanted to be, I put down Osaka, Nagoya, and Yokohama knowing that everyone asks for those and there are few spots. Howe

You can touch my famous toosh once I get over there and have a suitable place to live. As for hot, doesn't bother me too much - been living in Florida for long enough and all. Any particular area of Nagano nice? I'll give Hida a look, too. As for Sapporo, I was thinking it might be a better idea to stay on Honshu so I could travel easier. Is Hokkaido nice enough to make it worth the extra effort or is that not really an issue? Thanks a bunch for the responses. -eric

Hello, So as I await my interview with JET in a couple weeks I've been giving a lot of thought to trying to fulfill a childhood fantasy of living in a ski town. I figured this might be a great place to try and get some advise, which hopefully I can convince them to consider should the interview go well. Basically, where are some great places to reside that have decent access to slopes affordable enough to hit consistently throughout the season? Are there any of those places within reasonable distance of the bigger cities? Which are your ideal places to live? I'm