pie-eater 207 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Quote: digital lift tickets For skijo? Not the norm, or certainly not the places I have been. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Shiga Kogen, Hakuba 47 and Niseko has them.....that's the only ones I can recall. When I first came to Japan I was surprised that such a tech savvy place didn't have them across the board Link to post Share on other sites
smostyn 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Excuse my ignorance folks, Japan noob here. Only been to happo and hakuba 47 so far and both of them have them. I assumed all would have them. Its a shame its not all over, its a good system I think. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 No worries, smostyn... you are lucky to visit places with that system. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 very consciencious lifties. Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 From a visitors eye.... Likes: Cleaner then clean. Everything works. Great for shopping. Whatever product, the quality is perfect. Everything is organized. Perfect food quality. Good hotels (ok, small rooms, but good price) Best ski in Asia. Dislikes: Smoking allowed in restaurants. Travel can be expensive. Locals seem to ignore foreigners. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Originally Posted By: Kraut_in_HongKong Locals seem to ignore foreigners. Oftentimes foreigners ignore foreigners too Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Well, if they do insist on invading my territory...... Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Well, if they do insist on invading my territory...... Did you piss on it like a dog then to claim it? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Absolutely! [For the kids not picking up on the sarcasm, I was joking! Those people exist though!] Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 I forgot one big dislike: MSG Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 What is MSG? Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Monosodium Glutame, which is everywhere and makes my skin itch. Or worse when they overdose. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Monosodium Glutame? I'm no better off. What is that? Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 MSG is a synthetic food additive which is mainly used in processed foods. MSG There are some very polarized discussions about dangers or non-dangers of MSG. For me, good food simply does not need it. Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 mmmmmmm....flavour dust. Its magic. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 no restaurant or processed food product can get by without it. Ace invention. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 we can also spend our lives pre-occupied with avoiding MSG wherever we eat. Link to post Share on other sites
ShinyDiscoBall 2 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 OK. So is this stuff way more used in Japan than elsewhere then? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 it's only recently that Europe have cotton on. And even so, it's not widely used there at all. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 in restaurants I mean. Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 10, 2011 Share Posted January 10, 2011 Originally Posted By: thursday it's only recently that Europe have cotton on. And even so, it's not widely used there at all (in Restaurants). I wish you were right. Even in the EU you need to go to 'better' places coz many places don't make food by themselves anymore and use 'convenience' products. When you buy ready made, microwave, instant food in EU/US it will be very hard to avoid. In the US I saw some Asian restaurants that advertise with "No MSG Added". This is good, but then, in the USA most (western) restaurants belong to one franchise or another, and they use lots of ready made products (and therefore MSG). What puzzles me about Japan is simply that Japan has a very high food standard and seems to be addicted to that chemical. For me it's not a religious issue. At home I avoid it. Outside I take care not to get too much and get sick (got sick in Hakuba from a Curry lunch once). Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 fortunately it doesn't affect me in anyway, 'cept make me thirsty, and that's a good thing Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I watched a documentary about food additives and MSG was featured heavily, they did an experiment where they took a group of self-confessed MSG-allergic people to 2 types of restaurants....a chinese one (which are widely accepted as using MSG) and an Indian one (I think....this was the one that most people said din't use MSG). They brought in their own chefs and made the Chinese food witout MSG and the Indian food with MSG to see if the people would complain of allegic symptoms at the correct restaurant......they didn't. The people complained of symptoms at the chinese one and not the Indian one. It was pretty funny to watch. Asian cooking regularly uses a lot of MSG often in place of salt. Link to post Share on other sites
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