andylaurel 3 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Some of my Japanese friends alerted me to the fact that Norn was holding an international day on the 31st of January. Unfortunately, they only told me late on the 30th! The deal was that you show your Gaijin Card and receive a one day ticket for 1500 yen. Yatta! Unfortunately the snow was hard in the morning, and progressed into wet in the afternoon. It did mean riding all day with an open jacket, a t shirt and sunglasses! Kimochii! There was also a Taiko demonstration. Akemi rips! Norn has a fun little park. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Never been there but it is right near the Minakami IC isn't it. Looks small ---- worth me checking out you think? Link to post Share on other sites
andylaurel 3 Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's about 5 mins from the Minakami IC so it's very easily accessed. It wasn't bad, but it's not massive. There aren't any walls to ride, and the slopes aren't particularly wide. I'd say go and check it out if you can't be bothered battling 15 odd km of winding snowy mountain roads. It's just really conveniently located. Another good thing, is that you can use your 500 yen shouhinken in the restaurants! Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Interesting that they have an "international day". What other things were there other than the drums and discount? Link to post Share on other sites
dyna8800 3 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 There was also "rice cake pounding" (omochitsuki), free, and "making Japanese soba" (300 yen). Wish that we had more advanced notification of this, might have been fun to go! These is exactly the kind of info that could easily be relayed to Snow Japan and posted as a public service announcement... Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted February 5, 2010 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted February 5, 2010 I agree dyna8800 and we are thinking through how best to go about that kind of thing. (Unfortunately there's more involved in it that just posting info). Link to post Share on other sites
andylaurel 3 Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I definately would have posted it had I known about it sooner! There were maybe a total of 5 or 6 foreigners there total. Link to post Share on other sites
dyna8800 3 Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 Thanks, andylaurel! I was actually in Minakami Kogen that day. SJForums, I hear your pain...and you would probably have to establish criteria on which to publish and which not to. For example, Snow Splash was also held the same weekend...but should you promote that commercial venture? Definitely the Norn one should have gone up, especially seeing as how they donated so many lift tickets for the Giveaway. Link to post Share on other sites
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