Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Mo Uni Ken Go Mo Uni...? Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Don't forget I'm from New Zealand Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Don't forget I'm from New Zealand Given that you're named after a suburb of Auckland, I never forget that. Um, ok, so uni is called kina in Maori... Mo Kina Ken Go Mo Kina? Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 So now you just have to rearrange the letters to form a resort name. Bear in mind the second clue though. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Makino Kogen Makino Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Makino Kogen Makino Correct For those who are curious about the clues? SnowJapan lists resort as Makino Kogen Makino Takashima City, Shiga Clue 1, picture of people waiting for fireworks at Lake Biwa, in Shiga prefecture Clue 2, two pictures of Kaku Makino,(Makino appears twice in the resort name) from Makino Gourmet Sushi & Seafood Resturants in the USA. (a bit of an out there clue, but a google search of his picture brings up the company website) Clue 3, Picture of Takashimaya Department store in Kyoto Clue 4, Oda Nobunaga's floating fortress, borrowed from one of MOs clues, sailed on Lake Biwa, in Shiga Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Takashimaya, not Softbank. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Where is this? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Myoko Goken Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Not Myoko Goken. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 ....wherever that may be! Cupid Valley? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wild shit - Nozawa Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 "shot" even Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Not Cupid Valley. Not Nozawa. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hint (though possibly not a terribly helpful one): Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Sure it's not a golf jo? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Sure it's not a golf jo? That aerial view is definitely a ski area. Though not actually the same ski area as the one that is the subject of this quiz. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hint: Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hunter Mountain Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Hunter Mountain That it is. Named after (and co-developed by the owners of) Hunter Mountain ski area in New York, USA. Over to you, Muikabochi. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 OK, post one tomorrow. Or, today as it now is. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 25, 2013 Share Posted August 25, 2013 No major clues yet Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 No, none of those I'm afraid! Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Is that just 'the top bit'? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Have we tried Tsugaike Kogen yet? Link to post Share on other sites
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