Chriselle 158 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Big step. Been long in the planning? Been long in the thinking...but no planning. Wife wants to go in the worst way and the JHS's here in Ito are complete shit. My kid's in the fourth grade so we have some time but have to make a decision sometime in the next few years. Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Plus you have all the green goo problem and threat of 459m high tsunamis, hey? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Oh...... ya........... there is that.. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Talking of Chriselle and green goo, what's Arnie been saying of late? I remember you were particularly worried there, Chriselle... Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 He's been pretty quiet as of late, hey? Meh...f*** it .... we're all dying of something. Booze kills your liver, carbs give you fatty blood, North Korea is shooting off their wad........ Too much shait to worry about. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted April 6, 2012 Share Posted April 6, 2012 Big step. Been long in the planning? Been long in the thinking...but no planning. Wife wants to go in the worst way and the JHS's here in Ito are complete shit. My kid's in the fourth grade so we have some time but have to make a decision sometime in the next few years. You're close to Katoh Gakuen, aren't you? They seem to be well-regarded. Don't know how expensive they are, though. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 How much do schools like that (or any school even) cost? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Big step. Been long in the planning? Been long in the thinking...but no planning. Wife wants to go in the worst way and the JHS's here in Ito are complete shit. My kid's in the fourth grade so we have some time but have to make a decision sometime in the next few years. You're close to Katoh Gakuen, aren't you? They seem to be well-regarded. Don't know how expensive they are, though. Mmmm.....not really....about an hour and a bit away. Gyoshu is an option, too. But unfortunately my name isn't Rockefeller. They are expensive!! Link to post Share on other sites
Thundercat 60 Posted April 7, 2012 Share Posted April 7, 2012 Katoh is pretty much in my back yard... the admission fee is 155,000¥ and the monthly fee for the bilingual program is 79,100¥, regular program is 49,100. (plus all the other goodies like school uniforms, class trips, etc, etc...) Link to post Share on other sites
MooMoo 0 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 I ski much in Gunma and Niigata and Nagano but did not go much Tohoku or even Hokkaido. I really want to visit Hokkaido in particular. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 Same here. One day, one day. Maybe next season. Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted April 9, 2012 Share Posted April 9, 2012 I missed out on Japan this winter but hope to catch up with it again later this year. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Well poor season for me due to not being here a lot of the time. So next year I hope for similar mad snowfall in this region and an uninterrupted season. Link to post Share on other sites
fruity-sachi 1 Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Maybe next year for me is Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
DoctorOctopus 2 Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 Next year I want to go everywhere that I haven't been. Sounds like a plan! But definitely I want to go to Zao. Link to post Share on other sites
SwingingSaru 1 Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Didn't quite get out as much as I planned this first winter in Hokkaido. So... maybe next year! Did have a blast though when I did go. Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Kosha/shiga kogen i reckon for either that first week off in january or that last week off in march. I wanna go large and spend more than just a weekend on those two just taking it in and soaking up the atmosphere of them. Dunno if ill still be living in saitama or if ill move back to nagano by then. Assuming im still here (and the school im in right now is stunningly nice by the way - the kids are just really damn cheerful which puts spanners in my plans by giving me actual job satisfaction...) ill probably just keep hitting up nagano/kagura but hopefully with people this time on weekends. I might try and wriggle a trip to niseko in one of the school holidays, but cometh the day, cometh the cheapskate who wont pay 30k to fly tokyo to sapporo in a bazillion years! Basically more of the same. I might try and hit up tenjindaira, but was a little disheartened chatting to a dude in the gondola at kagura who explained to me that the really good shit is a 2-3 hour hike outside of tenjindaira and off to another mountain beginning with T. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 yeah I'd lov to get a guide at Tenjin and have a good look around. The resort itself is tiny and pretty crap, slowest ropeway in the universe means that even the ungnarliest of riders are lording it over you on the way up. Want to explore more of Kagura (which I thought I knew well), but that last time with Sand made me rethink my kagura knowledge Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 We are looking at flights for a week or so at new years, just have to decide on a resort now. Really would like to go back to Rusutsu, but flights to Sapporo from Perth are either painful or expensive, or both. Any suggestions for somewhere that we can access out of Tokyo? At the moment, am looking at maybe Myoko or Nozawa. We are both intermediate to advanced snowboarders, I am looking for somewhere with a good variety of terrain, would like to get into the trees as much as I can, the other half is happy to come into the trees but also likes nice steep groomers. As far as village / accomodation, as long as there is a few different places to eat we will be fine, does not have to have a huge night life as we will be there to ride. Does anyone have any suggestions? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 i would say that Nozawa would be a good choice, Myoko too but a little quieter on the village side Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted April 21, 2012 Share Posted April 21, 2012 Thanks TB Link to post Share on other sites
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