God 0 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I'm all for a bit of fun. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Crazy god! Do tell more. I hope it's all lawful. Link to post Share on other sites
Don Katsu 0 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Like many others it was just a case of my family taking me when I was younger. Link to post Share on other sites
Great Uncle Bulgaria 0 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Moving to Japan has started me looking into it. Not started yet! Link to post Share on other sites
master 0 Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 My parents took me when I was young to Nagano ken. We lived in Mie at the time. I was addicted right away! Link to post Share on other sites
bournville 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Trip to Zermatt courtesy of parents. Cheers Mum! Link to post Share on other sites
bournville 0 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Quite a long time ago now Link to post Share on other sites
AngloSaxon 0 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Looked cool. That was good enough for me back then. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 4995 Link to post Share on other sites
Topless Snowboarding Nun 0 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 When I graduated from college I went on a snowboarding holiday in Europe and have been hooked ever since! Link to post Share on other sites
hardline 0 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Dad dragged me off. Hated it. Right back then. But I quickly turned around. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Grew up in a skiing town, before snowboards were invented. Stopped skiing when I moved away. Just recently taken it up again -- a form of mid-life crisis, I suppose. (Hey, cheaper than buying a sports car... I think!) Plus, I realized that I had inadvertently landed in the middle of skiing paradise here in Japan, so it seemed a shame to waste the opportunity. May give snowboards a try at some point, but still having too much fun rediscovering the old feel and thrill of skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
snow 0 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 Family as with lots of others. Started off skiing and mostly thats what I have done, bit of boarding. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 24, 2009 Share Posted September 24, 2009 is there a place called Toyota? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Originally Posted By: thursday is there a place called Toyota? Toyota-shi, in Aichi-ken. Some car company based there -- name escapes me at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites
gareth_oau 2 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 would it be General Motors? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 Honda. Actually I bet there are loads of places called Toyota. Isn't there one in Nagano near Iiyama if I remember correctly. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 25, 2009 Share Posted September 25, 2009 any places called Mazda? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 Matsuda No car companies, though. You'll have to take that up with Mr. Matsuda. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 I've passed thru that station Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 26, 2009 Share Posted September 26, 2009 OK, cool, whataobut a place called Daihatsu? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Surprisingly, yes: Daihatsu-cho Seems to have been named after the company, however, so I reckon it's a bit of a cheat. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 Are there any Lada's I wonder. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 27, 2009 Share Posted September 27, 2009 If there are, Mapion doesn't know about them. Link to post Share on other sites
SkiCadet 0 Posted September 29, 2009 Share Posted September 29, 2009 Looked like fun. Was. Link to post Share on other sites
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