Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 haha.....yes it is!! ...says the guy who doesn't drive... I still have to sit cramped up in the back for 4 bloody hours! But you can sleep! Or at least allow your attention to wander. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've never driven short distances!! You try sleeping while being stuck in the back entertaining your mates 6 yr old kid!! I don't force my mate to drive....he does it wilfully AND the royal WE do it in about 4 hours either way.....in fact can be longer due to that bastard of a road that I shall not speaketh its name Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 I've never driven short distances!! Yes, we can tell! Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 no one forces you to drive.....you can save the whales and other assorted animal life by taking the train Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 that bastard of a road that I shall not speaketh its name Wise move. Wouldn't want to stir up the wrath of the god of constipation. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 well since I'm not driving and can let my mind wander, I can also hang my ass out the car door/window...... Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Actually I would much prefer driving to being a passenger. I like driving. But driving or passenger, 4 hours there and 4 hours back with skiing in the middle sounds far from ideal to me! Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 well since I'm not driving and can let my mind wander, I can also hang my ass out the car door/window...... (I meant the constipation (traffic jams) on that unnamed road.) Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Actually I would much prefer driving to being a passenger. I like driving. But driving or passenger, 4 hours there and 4 hours back with skiing in the middle sounds far from ideal to me! Me too. Prefer to drive, but it becomes a safety concern at some point. (I'm dangerous enough when wide awake!) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 well since I'm not driving and can let my mind wander, I can also hang my ass out the car door/window...... (I meant the constipation (traffic jams) on that unnamed road.) I know what you meant....I was being fecestious Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Actually I would much prefer driving to being a passenger. I like driving. But driving or passenger, 4 hours there and 4 hours back with skiing in the middle sounds far from ideal to me! unfortunately, where I am its sometimes a necessary evil. Even if I take the shink, the whole journey from leaving my house to getting to the slopes is about the same.....4-5 hours each way Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 well since I'm not driving and can let my mind wander, I can also hang my ass out the car door/window...... (I meant the constipation (traffic jams) on that unnamed road.) I know what you meant....I was being fecestious Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted November 22, 2012 Share Posted November 22, 2012 Actually I would much prefer driving to being a passenger. I like driving. But driving or passenger, 4 hours there and 4 hours back with skiing in the middle sounds far from ideal to me! Me too. Prefer to drive, but it becomes a safety concern at some point. (I'm dangerous enough when wide awake!) Yes your right. I remember coming back from Zao that last time. It was a 1 night stay over so not a day trip, but still the last part of that drive coming home I was feeling more than a little tired/uncomfortable. I perhaps should have stopped for an hour and had a bit of a break. Note to self. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 For those of you heading to Rusutsu - the east gondola no.1 (from the hotel to east mt) will be operating from 8.30, and east gondola no. 2 from 8.45 this year, instead of 9am, and all lifts at east mt and isola will keep turning until sunset Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 For those of you heading to Rusutsu - the east gondola no.1 (from the hotel to east mt) will be operating from 8.30, and east gondola no. 2 from 8.45 this year, instead of 9am, and all lifts at east mt and isola will keep turning until sunset WOW!It's been a few years since I have been to Rusutsu, but that is an improvement for sure! Link to post Share on other sites
Nisekubazawa 0 Posted November 24, 2012 Share Posted November 24, 2012 Nothing booked. I'm in Tokyo so I usually just make my mind up in the week. Though I hope to go somewhere a bit further afield for 6-7 days in latE Jan Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 List updated today lots of new ones - See it on page 1 - The quickest way to get there is to go to the top of this page and click the << arrow just under my avatar Hope you can use this to hook up and have a slide and a beer with fellow SJ'ers. Don't forget to post your dates when you have them. Thanks to new posters and up-daters (ouch!)- Black Mountain, Rach, beowulf (of the beautiful avatar), Metabo Oyaji (of the monstrous avatar), little sheep Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Definite now for Teine Highland on 12/17, Rusutsu 12/18 and somewhere in that region 12/19. Niseko 1/14-18 & 21-25. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 I will be at Kawaba, Kagura/Naeba, Tenjin and Okutone throughout the season. I also would like to get to Hakuba, Myoko, Shiga Kogen, Palcall and Kusatsu during the year but I don't know when yet. NIce topic by the way. Link to post Share on other sites
nawsh 0 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Locked in! Nozawa 1/18-25 Appi Kogen 1/29 - 2/5 Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Hey! wheres me! Basically all over nagano. ill be flitting hakuba early season, then switching to myoko for main season with trips to nozawa/shiga kogen on the side. Ill probably pop back to hakuba a few times though. Link to post Share on other sites
Gunma Boarder 14 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 How does Shiga compare to Hakuba? Link to post Share on other sites
ippy 66 Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 I think i got this: http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/11-gobshyte-annonymous/page__st__10 http://www.snowjapanforums.com/index.php/blog/11/entry-28-shiga-kogen-february-2011-review/ Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Booked in for Zao, late December. Will get to see my snow monster in its formative stages. Have since had to UN-book Zao. Strike my entry there from the list. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 12, 2012 Share Posted December 12, 2012 Sorry to hear that Metabo Oyaji. Link to post Share on other sites
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