SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted October 14, 2009 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted October 14, 2009 A new Feature has been put online - an interview with Hotaka Scott, talking about his job and 'The Tunnel'. Read more here: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/interviews-hotaka-scott.html Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Nice one Scott. What an adventurous life. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 What a great read - very impressed Scott. Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 That's amazing story. High school in Noto Hantoh, I couldn't imagine what that would have been like for you. You are no Gaijin, Scott, You've seen and done some stuff in a very genuine way, most Japanese wouldn't chance to do. Good on you. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 wonderful reading. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Serious case of deja vu going on here - haven't we had this before? A jolly good read though. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted October 14, 2009 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted October 14, 2009 Well, we had the basic story of the tunnel. Scott posted a thread on the Forums and we thought it would make for a great Feature on the site and so asked him if he was interested in expanding what he originally wrote and do a Feature. We have spent a fair while going back and forth with Scott filling in details and getting this done. As it's on the Features section it will get a lot more people seeing it than a thread on the Forums. I think it makes for a really interesting read and there's a whole lot of new stuff in there even if you read the original thread. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Oh indeed there is - but read it and thought "hang on, have i read this before or did I dream it was me?". Am very jealous of the guy - in a good way. Keep them coming. Perhaps a diary of the recent updates would have been nice? Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Sweet. Not sure I'd like to live up there myself for so long but good on you. Did I miss it where abouts you live in winter? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 in a hut Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Very interesting read. Thanks for sharing Scott. How cold does it get up there mid-summer? Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Love that 2nd photo above, snow table! Good read that. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Yeah, sounds like a pretty nice lifestyle. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 very cool! Was always interested in knowing what you did up there. Thanks SJ for putting that up Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 omoshiroi! Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted October 15, 2009 Share Posted October 15, 2009 Thanks for all the comments guys. The water stopped flowing about a month ago but we've got more than enough to get us through to the end - just 22 days left till we close for the season. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Scott, you obviously have t'inta up there..... what sort of connection do you guys have? Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Scott can you tell us a bit more about that kind of thing and how you get fresh food supplies up there etc. I presume someone must either be going up with it or you guys going down every so often.. Link to post Share on other sites
minto 0 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 What an inspiring story !! ^^ Link to post Share on other sites
Hotaka Scott 0 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Originally Posted By: muikabochi Scott, you obviously have t'inta up there..... what sort of connection do you guys have? t'inta = internet ?? Broadband - maybe, I think. I'm not the most computer savy guy. The signal goes from our hut to another across the valley and then down towards Matsumoto. It's unreliable at best and often goes down for days at a time; guess you get what you pay for SKI - all the supplies come up by helicopter; about every 2 or 3 weeks we'll get 7 - 10 loads brought up. Each load is roughly 600kg of food, beer, juice, propane, kerosene, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Good to hear you have beer up there. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 I didn't realize trail huts could be so elaborate. May have to plan to come check it out at some point. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted October 19, 2009 Share Posted October 19, 2009 Thought that myself. Anyway very interesting cheese Scott. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 So, Scott-san ---- season over? Link to post Share on other sites
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