Thundercat 60 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 So, just to give Muika a little taste of one of the resorts in Myoko Kogen (Suginohara) I decided to post these pictures. I hadn't done so before because I'm a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to sharing photography and I was having camera troubles at the time... Anyway, enjoy! The day we were there was fabulous. View back down the hill from near the top. Top of the 8km run I believe that Madarao Kogen is just on the other side of this mountain. Silver birches abound here. View into the distance. Nice view! View from the top of the gondola It's a great place but can get crowded. A day at each of the resorts in Myoko Kogen is just what the doctor ordered. Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 it sure does look beautiful on a perfect day. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Very nice On my list to do. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 If you check the pictures you'll notice small black dots. Apparently I had some kind of mold growing inside my camera last year. Anyway, I ended up ruining about 5 trips worth of photos because I didn't notice the problem at first. Eventually I took it into my local shop and after a few thousand yen everything was back to normal! Link to post Share on other sites
Jynxx 4 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 Myoko the pics tell the story what the place is like. Now I board I can do it all again, yee-haa Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted January 22, 2010 Share Posted January 22, 2010 When abouts was it Black Mountain? Don't you just hate those black dots. I had something on some of my images from the other day, had to crop a fair few because of it. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 22, 2010 Author Share Posted January 22, 2010 Those pictures are from some time in February. It was surprisingly warm that day. Something like +5 on the slopes... as we all remember last year was a warm one. I think this was from a Sunday but it had dumped snow Friday night so Saturday was the day to be on the slopes. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 nice pics BM. yesterday was a bit disappointing on the hill. 10cm of fresh but gnarly crust off piste from the thaw/freeze from the warm and rain. had resolved to have a quiet weekend, but got up early this morning cos of crazy noise from snowpughs and snow blowers - it's still drak but it looks like another 10-15 of unexpected snow fell last night. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 ps. i really like that shot of lake nojiri. the views from myoko are ace! Link to post Share on other sites
mitchpee 10 Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 BM awesome pictures, what camera are you shooting with? Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Very scenic. Ah, Myoko. Need to get myself there. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 MP, I use a rather old Pentax istDL. Those are all shot with their standard 18mm-55mm lens. Link to post Share on other sites
mrbrisbane 0 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Hey Black Mountain, can you tell me what the ski resort is in the picture captioned view into the distance. Our only regret whilst at Myoko was not spending more time at Ikenataira and Suginohara. The tops of the hills are spectacular and the top to bottom run really lets you know where your legs are. Very appealing to us Aussies. The only criticism, that I have of the whole Myoko experience is of the shuttle bus service which although punctual was neither regular nor frequent and the timetables which defied the best efforts of even native Japanese to accurately interpret. We liked those two hills so much that we just camped at the bus stop until it eventually came. We also got pretty good at reciting " Kono buswa Suginohara / Ikenataira ni ikimaska"? Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 26, 2010 Author Share Posted January 26, 2010 Mr. Brisbane, sorry I'm not sure about the resorts across the way. Might be Myoko Ski Park or something like that. Certainly not a major resort. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 26, 2010 Share Posted January 26, 2010 Originally Posted By: Mr Brisbane Our only regret whilst at Myoko was not spending more time at Ikenataira and Suginohara. The tops of the hills are spectacular and the top to bottom run really lets you know where your legs are. Very appealing to us Aussies. The only criticism, that I have of the whole Myoko experience is of the shuttle bus service which although punctual was neither regular nor frequent and the timetables which defied the best efforts of even native Japanese to accurately interpret. yep, i like suginohara and ikenotaira too. the lifts at suginohara are fast and long. ikenotaira is full of ski schools and park rats, so a lot of the trees stay untouched for a while maybe we've just been lucky with the buses - they always seem to come bang on time for us though...? Link to post Share on other sites
mrbrisbane 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Hey, I'm sure the busses were on time - just working out when that was, was our problem. Nothing like like a regular - at 10 past the hour interval and the Japanese only timetable was beyond us and any who did not recognise the place names. Anyway we got there in the end and the rewards were worth it. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 yeah, i got no idea how to read the bus timetables either, and to be fair, a lot of japanese people seem confused by which bus is going where. i've just worked out what time they leave at the start of their journey, and add on a bit of time for them to get to where i'm at... Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I think you'd find some problems getting to Ryuo as well even though it isn't actually that far. Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Yeah, might not be easy. In Nakano we passed a train station that was no more than 8kms from Ryuoo... but I have no idea the name... would it be the same local line as Myoko Kogen? Train - taxi... but expensive. Anyway, Spook already has a seasons pass for Myoko so best to stay put and make use of it! Spook, when you leave I'll be happy to take it off your hands Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 No it is the Nagaden line from Nagano to Yudanaka - and then shuttle bus from the station: Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted January 29, 2010 Author Share Posted January 29, 2010 Definitely wouldn't be worth it then... Myoko to Nagano to Yudanaka is a 2 hour trip! Ouch... too bad! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Need to find very friendly person in Myoko to take yous. Link to post Share on other sites
stemik 14 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I like Suginohara (except the very lower base area) It was the first Japanese ski area i went to. Way back in the early 90's. I was lucky to win a free ticket from Snow Japan last season. Great day out. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 yeah, waaaay too much of a mission. having a car would be pretty nice. there's a bunch of stuff we'd like to do nearby, but taking public transport tkes ages. tomorrow we're gonna check out the snow monkeys, and it involves a bus, train, then bus just to get there. fingers crossed we enjoy it, because it's about 6 hours of travel there and back just to spend a few hours there. looking at a map i reckon we could drive there in an hour or so. oh well next season... car! oh yeah, BM, can you get your PM's turned on. or email me at lukegerson at yahoo dot com dot au did the tunnel today too. cheers for that! Link to post Share on other sites
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