Guess Where This Is

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

Hint:

 

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

Hint:

 

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

Hint:

 

[Alexander L 80]

Rook, bridge, rally in bog standard car (treasure hunt?), naked oranges, cycle race.

 

Tour de Rookbridge, Rally Juicy Orange Country, Ski Resort

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

Not Tour de Rookbridge Rally Juicy Orange Country Ski Resort.

 

(Good guess, though.)

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Drawing up a blank

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Memuro?

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or

 

Nukabira Gensenkyo

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

Neither Memuro nor Nukabira.

[Metabo Oyaji 71]

I hiked up the hill to get this terrain shot:

 

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Hint:

 

[onehunga 26]

Kuma Ski Land

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Rainbow Soba Ski Jam

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Kuma Ski Land

 

Yup, in Kuma Kogen, Ehime prefecture.

 

Hints:

--Matsuyama Castle is said by some to be nicknamed "Crow Castle" (カラス城), due to black walls on the main keep. (Though that label seems to be more commonly associated with Matsumoto castle in Nagano.)

 

--The ruins of the defunct Besshi copper mine, and the pink pin-truss bridge that leads to it (which is apparently rather unique in design for Japan).

 

--The town of Kuma Kogen hosts the annual Kuma Kogen Rally.

 

--Ehime is the top producer of Iyokan, advertised in this old (Bubble-era?) commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4rvaQIGPV4

 

--Kuma Kogen also hosts the annual Kuma Kogen Hill Climb bike race.

 

--Goshiki somen (五色そうめん) is a local specialty of the capital of Ehime prefecture, Matsuyama city.

 

Hit us, onehunga.

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Where is this then

 

[r45 4]

Ca et la Oze?

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Not Ca et la Oze

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Mt. Senjo-ga-take

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Not Mt. Senjo-ga-take

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Where is this then

 

 

 

 

Yatsugatake

[onehunga 26]

Not Yatsugatake

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Looks flat.....niseko?

[onehunga 26]

Not Niseko

[onehunga 26]

Hint

 

[Alexander L 80]

Nepal Ski Garden