echineko 1 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Do you know about the famous Snow Country book? Many Japanese live in other snow town area of Japan call themselves about "Snow Country" too. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Where is the official Snow Country? (I heard it was Yuzawa, down to the south of me - is that right?) Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 Yasunari Kawabata was staying in Yuzawa when he wrote his Nobel prize winning novel. The first line mentions something about coming out of the tunnel into the snow country at Echigo Yuzawa. That first flash of white as you come out of the tunnel is always breathtaking - a very nice way to start a day at Kagura. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 and I thought it just referred to anywhere with lots of snow. Link to post Share on other sites
ug 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 So did I. What hotel did he stay at, still there? Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan.Com#2 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Yes, it was Yuzawa and the hotel was "Takahan" - it's still there, just round the corner from the GALA Yuzawa shinkansen station. Link to post Share on other sites
taguchi 0 Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 Did somebody read the English version of it? Link to post Share on other sites
ayumi_nagumo 0 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Is it in English too? Link to post Share on other sites
Glen Falting 0 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 the english version is available at kinokuniya in shinjuku. not sure how the translated version stands up to the original. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 Whats the original like for Japanese then? A good read? Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted April 10, 2003 Share Posted April 10, 2003 I read the translation a long time ago. I seem to remember it was pretty boring. His 'Meijin' left more of an impression. Link to post Share on other sites
the black adder 0 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 You can stay in same room also, I hear. Link to post Share on other sites
hide 0 Posted April 13, 2003 Share Posted April 13, 2003 My friend says he read the English version but it was a bit boring. Link to post Share on other sites
peterson 0 Posted April 14, 2003 Share Posted April 14, 2003 I was bored, not much seemed to happen. I'm sure it got lost in the translation. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted April 17, 2003 Share Posted April 17, 2003 Anyone ever been to that hotel. I'm sure they'll have some kind of museum or something to commemorate its significance...._? Link to post Share on other sites
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