muikabochi 208 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Don't waste your time, not online... Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I'll post another one later if no-one gets it. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hint Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I think we might be needing another clue! Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Nakazato, perhaps... Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 No, not Sugadaira and not Nakazato. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 I could guess that probably defunct little area outside the first station out of the tunnel, the one before Nakazato -- but I don't recall the name and it would only be a guess, never skied there and can't say I recognize it. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Tsuchitaru Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Correct tokabochi! It is indeed Tsuchitaru, once the main skijo of the Prince Group. Here's a few more, in this first one you can see Iwappara in the distance And now totally lifless. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted July 20, 2012 Author Share Posted July 20, 2012 (edited) Well done Tokabochi. Edited July 20, 2012 by SJ-David Done a bit of editing there snowjunky :) Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Yep! Wish I could've remembered the name. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Next up Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I'm still interested to know if there was ever any truth in the story that the Prince group got the mightily small Tsuchitaru just so that they could build a road connection from part of the Kanetsu through the mountain directly to Naeba. Sounds iffy, but heard it from a few people over the years. Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) I hadn't heard that, Muika, but Seibu did have some pretty ambitious plans for expansion, including linking Naeba-Manza-Yakebitai. Story is that it all went south when proposal to build the downhill course for Nagano Olympics at Mt Iwasuge got rejected, as that apparently was the key piece to the plan. Just took a look and it's 11km from Tsuchitaru to Naeba, or about 8 to the Mitsumata base. Edited July 21, 2012 by DiGriz Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Naeba-Manza?!? Surely you jest! And where abouts was the plan for Mr Iwasuge (opposite side of road from Yakebitai) course? Go on do tell more. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 長野オリンピックの招致活動が始まった当初、滑降の競技会場は志賀高原にある岩菅山が予定されていた。しかし、岩菅山はスキー場開発の進んだ志賀高原で数少ない手つかずの山であったため、長野県自然保護連盟などが自然保護を訴えて運動を行った。1972年の札幌オリンピックでは恵庭岳の山腹を広範囲に渡って伐採して滑降競技場を設営し、「オリンピックによる自然破壊」と非難された前例もあったことから、長野県は1990年4月に岩菅山の開発を断念することになる。かわって会場とされたのが既存のスキー場である白馬八方尾根スキー場であった。 Interesting. So Happo was a back up plan. Link to post Share on other sites
DumbStick 13 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Next up Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yeah, Stick, me neither Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 So Happo was a back up plan. Rumor then was the Downhill would provide Seibu with a foot in the door to develop a whole new skiopolis on Iwasuge, linking it up with Naeba. Someone showed me an illustration map that had Kagura-Naeba-Shiga-Manza all linked in a Dragondola-style network, though I don't remember if it had been produced by Seibu. Then again, Japanese companies are always coming up with grandiose plans for elevators to the moon, 5,000-story condominiums, etc. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Matsudai Family Ski Area. Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Well done Mr Metabo Oyaji. One of my nearby locals! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Yes, your name was a big clue. That and the cloud. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Which ski area is this? Link to post Share on other sites
tokabochi 9 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 That and the cloud. The cloud isn't always there, you know. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 It was definitely there when I went! Link to post Share on other sites
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