loaf of bread 0 Posted June 27, 2011 Share Posted June 27, 2011 I voted for "Threat of being close to a nuclear power plant" Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted June 29, 2011 Share Posted June 29, 2011 Good to see more generally positive outlooks surfacing. Link to post Share on other sites
ug 0 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Originally Posted By: ug I'm not in Japan any more but will surely be heading back when I can. Gambatte everyone! Heading back in September Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 Where you going to be living ug? Link to post Share on other sites
perl 0 Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 Some positive news coming back from Japan would help. It's still irregular blasts about Fukushima and how back that is - conflicting reports of course, but this morning about kids in Fukushima having radiation detected. Not the kind of news report that makes you think "Yeah Japan right!" Link to post Share on other sites
bagger 0 Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 I reckon time will do it's good deed in terms of people's image of Japan. A few of my friends asking though whether it's really ok for me to go next February. I look at them with a WFT atitude, but hey it's what some people are thinking. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Well my trip is well on the way to being organised staying at both Shiga Kogen and Myoko with a few days in Tokyo. Hey if things get to bad we can always go night skiing without the need for lights, a nice gentle glow off the hills. Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted July 6, 2011 Share Posted July 6, 2011 Bookings in Zao are very slow compared with usual. A big market for Zao from overseas is Korea and they are not booking yet so I hear. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 Its very difficult to book from OS at the moment, I find most of the emails sent go unanswered and when you do get an answer what is sent via a translater makes little sence. For example I have been trying for weeks to get the Prince hotel in Shiga Kogen to answer, Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted July 7, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 7, 2011 Interesting that ausi ski bum. SK Prince are listed on this site, have you used that contact method ie from our pages to try and get a response? Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 The link on this site is to an agent, I have been trying to ask a couple of specific questions of the hotel itself but I believe it is only opening from 28 December so most likely there is no one there to take my question. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted July 7, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 7, 2011 Yes, but the Prince Hotel are aware of that situation - perhaps they want all enquiries to go through someone who can deal with them and that is the reason for that particular setup. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 7, 2011 Share Posted July 7, 2011 I have given it a try. I was originally dealing with one of the Prince Hotels staff who unfortunatly left the hotel group. I am sure I will get there, I have my Myoko stay sorted by the very helpful Amy and I think I have Yokoteyama sorted but again communications have been very difficult. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted July 7, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 7, 2011 Hi there OK I'm not clearly understanding what your problem is in that situation, but just as a general point.... If you (meaning anyone) contact a hotel that is listed in our Places to Stay section but do not get a response, please let us know about it and we will try to sort it out for you. And more information on that section can be found here. Thanks. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Thanks, the places to stay section on here is excellent, I have used it many times before and extensivly in planning this trip. I had been talking to someone at Prince about this year but lost contact, I was not clear and some of the places you advertise do struggle a little with OS enquiries, but thats OK I own two apartments in Falls Creek Victoria and if I recieved a booking enquiry in Japanese, I would be more than just a little stumped. I did find a hotel the Okushiga Kogen Hotel that meets our needs from the listings on this site, thanks. My trip is all but organised now for 2012, I am pleased with the plans we have. Trip number six, locked in. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Admin SnowJapan 178 Posted July 9, 2011 SnowJapan Admin Share Posted July 9, 2011 Well, you know the places in our section all want to be there themselves, and so I would hope that you get a positive attitude and response from any that you contact. Would always like to know if that wasnt the case. Hope you have a great trip, sounds like a good one. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Sounds like a good plan. Early snow please. Link to post Share on other sites
ausi ski bum 1 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 Yes early snow would be great. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted July 10, 2011 Share Posted July 10, 2011 As is always the case! Link to post Share on other sites
Nuff 0 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 I went to Tokyo at end of May for a week and I had fantastic time. The life there is as usual, on the plus side there's a lot less gaijins spoiling the mood. As far as I'm concerned there are no problems travelling there as long as you don't go to the tsunami hit areas. They are still having aftershocks near Sendai. As for radiation levels in Tokyo, they are lower than Sydney and a lot less than you will get exposed to by flying an plane to get there. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 They are still having aftershocks in the very large area from Chiba to Aomori, not just Sendai. Quote: As for radiation levels in Tokyo, they are lower than Sydney That's the well-worn line isn't it. Sydney ain't less than a few hundred km and downwind from Fukushima Dai-ichi though is it, as well as using the same ocean water as Fukushima and the increasingly worrying stories of 'hotspots', possibility of contaminated foodstuffs etc etc. Just wanted to balance out that comment. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Originally Posted By: ausi ski bum I had been talking to someone at Prince about this year but lost contact, I was not clear and some of the places you advertise do struggle a little with OS enquiries, If it helps I stayed at Hotel Khuls Shigakogen and it was great value and board in, board out. Good little pub a shortish stroll away although you can get a full meal deal there which is great. Just be prepared to eat dinner early Link to post Share on other sites
pickled mushhead 0 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 He's already said he is staying at Okushiga Kogen hotel. Link to post Share on other sites
pickled mushhead 0 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Er, perhaps in a different thread. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted July 12, 2011 Share Posted July 12, 2011 Originally Posted By: Nuff I went to Tokyo at end of May for a week and I had fantastic time. The life there is as usual In addition to your 'safe as Sydney' comments, need to pick you up on one more comments - life in Tokyo is not quite 'as usual'. Link to post Share on other sites
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