klingon 10 Posted February 5, 2012 Share Posted February 5, 2012 Brilliant Metabo! Definitely put lots of thought into that Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 As that area of Minamiuonuma is home to perhaps the most famous kind of koshihikari rice, perhaps a rice theme? Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The mascot could be a fish shaped like a grain of rice. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 I've already been inundated with requests from people wanting to know how to get from Mt Granview to Ishiuchi Hanaoka. Not sure if you could fit both of these mega-resorts into a few day - heck even a few days - but here we go: http://www.snowjapan...velMode=DRIVING They are just a few km away from each other. Bonus! You know what jumps out from that map? The Joetsu Shinkansen tunnel passes right below the peaks of both Mt. Granview and Ishiuchi Hanaoka -- i.e., right under the path of the future Mt. Minamiuonuma gondola. Clearly, the gondola will need to incorporate a mid-station at the new Mt. Minamiuonuma underground shinkansen station (that will have to be built). Just got to be done. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 Well done once again Muika How do you find these places is it you aim to try to find the oldest and smallest resorts Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 haha, no, not really - they are on my doorstep in my area...... both these two are 10-15 minutes or so drive from my home. Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 Not sure I want to go myself but thanks for the fun reports from these places! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 7, 2012 Share Posted February 7, 2012 we should definitely have an SJ tour at these......spennd the morning touring these areas in Yuzawa....then when we get bored, back to Muika's and help him drink all that Aki Aji he's hoarding!! Link to post Share on other sites
egglesby 1 Posted February 10, 2012 Share Posted February 10, 2012 Sounds like a plan. Or perhaps we could just look at these two places from Maiko! Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Haha now there's an idea! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 13, 2012 Author Share Posted February 13, 2012 Ishiuchi Hanaoka (foreground) and Mt Granview (near the top), as seen from Ishiuchi Maruyama. That new gondola is a must! Link to post Share on other sites
ILoveZao 8 Posted February 14, 2012 Share Posted February 14, 2012 I think there are quite a few tiny place like this dotted around Japan. Gradually becoming fewer, but still a lot of them just about keeping going. Link to post Share on other sites
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