Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 A few snaps from Sapporo Kokusai, near Nakayama Toge & Lake Toya from top of Rusutsu taken on my season-opening Hokkaido trip. And one for the cheeseman. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted December 19, 2012 Share Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks Jim. Always strikes me how different Hokkaido often seems to look, compared to these parts. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 How much of a drive is that from central Sapporo, DiGriz? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 about 1hr and 3 mins according to the route finder http://www.snowjapan.com/e/route-finder/general-route-finder.php# Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 I bet Jim drives faster, being all gnarly and stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 naked gnarly driving eh? Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 Dude, it takes over 2 hours and thats in the summer driving over 120kph on the expressway. Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted December 20, 2012 Share Posted December 20, 2012 But fully clothed Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 Bag, which place do you mean? I went to Sapporo Kokusai from airport on monday; that was close to 2 hours. Tuesday I went to Niseko, and that was almost 3 hours. Wednesday to Rusutsu, a few minutes more than 2 hours. I hadn't done a Sapporo hotel stay package for about 20 years, and won't ever again. The problem is that traffic in Sapporo has become horrendous; add in icy streets and it's a total clusterF just getting out of the city. Too much wasted time. I can remember going downtown to Kokusai on the bus in less than an hour (back in the day!). Spoilsport driver wouldn't let me drive naked, so I just snagged a snowboard and bungee cord from the luggage bin and got a naked tow. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
angrybird 0 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 3 hours because of bad snow conditions? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 And the traffic volume. Sapporo seems twice the size it used to. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted December 21, 2012 Share Posted December 21, 2012 Spoilsport driver wouldn't let me drive naked, so I just snagged a snowboard and bungee cord from the luggage bin and got a naked tow. You didn't pull the bus? Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted December 21, 2012 Author Share Posted December 21, 2012 Training is finished, MO, season ON! Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted December 22, 2012 Share Posted December 22, 2012 Let's cheese! Link to post Share on other sites
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