bushpig 0 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I haven't been to Shiga Kogen, but I think it is quite a bit bigger than just some little ski fields dumped together. CB? Anyone? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 i'm not 100% sure what WWOOfing is. But I wouldn't do it anyway. But if you don't want to be bored shitless after 1 month, your best bet would be where the nightas go on 'til 10 and the bars a lot longer. Plus Sapporo is such a wonderful city you can feed on a huge variety. Link to post Share on other sites
Eunice 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 WWOOFing is where you go work for someone (like a pension or farm) and in return you get free accomodation and food. It means I can stay a whole season in Japan with my essentials sorted. Since I can't speak Japanese finding work will probably be difficult, therefore WWOOFing is a good option. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 sounds like a student thing. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 It means Willing Workers on Organic Farms, or something similar. You can learn a lot on a real farm, so its a fair trade for your labour. I dunno what you'd learn making beds and cleaning toilets in Niseko. Temp work at pensions isn't so hard to find anyway. There are a couple of wwoof and similar farming operations near Hakuba, if anyone is interested. Summer only though. Link to post Share on other sites
Eunice 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Yes it is more a student thing, which is what I am. I just want to make use of my summer holidays (it'll be summer here in NZ) and go ski. I dun really care if I learn anything or not from the jobs. Not a big fan of working outdoors or in farms. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Originally Posted By: Eunice WWOOFing is where you go work for someone (like a pension or farm) and in return you get free accomodation and food. It means I can stay a whole season in Japan with my essentials sorted. Since I can't speak Japanese finding work will probably be difficult, therefore WWOOFing is a good option. theres a really nice place just outside of Vang Vieng, Laos, that a mate of mine went to. Sounds like a good thing for people who have time Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 maybe i'm missing something - but if you're in laos, why not just pay $4 a night for a room and hang out instead of working?? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I paid bout a dollar in Si Phan Don :p Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 i worked on a sort of commune/kibutz type thing in turkey for a few weeks. then it just gave me the shits. socialism doesn't work, cos the more powerful do jack all while others work their butts off! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 sort of like capitlism too i guess... Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I must say the though of physical labour puts me off. Anything physical I do is for exercise and/or recreation. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Originally Posted By: spook sort of like capitlism too i guess... ha ha ha! as the kids nowadays say OWNED wait, he just owned himself... Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 The most physical work I've ever done was working on a banana farm in Australia. It was in Queensland, the heat was intense, the bunches were the size of a small man and weighed anything between 60-85kg!! 12 hours a day, lugging bananas for an absolute pittance. lasted a week before moving on. I picked water melons as well, which was also hard work. Right up north in Oz, no shade out on the field working in 35-40 degree heat. i did that for 2 and 1/2 weeks and came out with about $2000. Board was free. It was good craic, me my bro and these 3 Dutch guys, I learned to drive a tractor and a car on that farm, still not got a licence though!! Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 when i was little we went to a banana farm on a school trip, and they told me they had to stroke the bananas every morning to make them bendy. of course i believed them, and made a right tit of myself later on Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I was gonna ask TB how he enjoyed the part where he had to bend the bananas! Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Eunice Niseko does have a an incredible amount of snow days. On average you can expect snow to fall on at least 24 days per month from Dec through February and most of the other days will be cloudy. It's not cold though with temps rarely getting below -15 in the valley. It's an incredibly beautiful and fun place to be and I'd think you'd love it if you came here. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 The nest of rats and spiders and snales etc that tended to make a home in the top of the bunch, kinda put me off stroking them!! Like I said the bunches were real heavy and being as they don't yellow and go soft on the tree, they were rock hard. My shoulders developed callouses and were tender where they constantly fell onto my shoulder, the farmers wife shouted at me one day that I was putting them down to heavily on the trailer, she said "I'd bruise the banana's". I just about **** hit her. I'd been slaving away all day in that heat, every part of my body ached and she was worrying that I'd bruise the ****, they were rock hard!! I'd sooner bruise her! Link to post Share on other sites
Eunice 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Thanks for your replies, including the bits about bananas. Now I'm looking at Naeba haha. I know people will tell me to get over it, but I'm the kinda person who needs some sunshine now and again. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Naeba gets a ton of snow as well. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Originally Posted By: Eunice Thanks for your replies, including the bits about bananas. Now I'm looking at Naeba haha. I know people will tell me to get over it, but I'm the kinda person who needs some sunshine now and again. try Hiroshima...some sick stuff out there and soooo untouched. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Orkinawa gets a heap of sunshine. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 eunice - why don't you just visit in spring if you want sunshine? is it just me or is anyone else really confused? it's like visiting australia in the middle of summer, and wanting cool conditions while we all enjoy a bit of sun, i find it hard to believe that you'd be disappointed if you arrived in japan and found it dumping everyday Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 i think you should just be in Tokyo and just hit up the indoor places when you feel like skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 In which case, why Japan? Link to post Share on other sites
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