panhead_pete 27 Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 Did the James Bond Special Ropeway at Shiga close? Link to post Share on other sites
igloo 3 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 I'll bite. What's the James Bond Special Ropeway at Shiga? Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Don't know what the James Bond bit is about, but the Ropeway from the Hasuike area over the valley to the.... other side (Higashitateyama?) has closed. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 Was that the little egg-capsule? My board poked out the top of that one Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The egg one is the Higashitateyama Gondola, that's still there. Kawaiii, ne. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The gondola at Tenjin looks like the Zao Ropeway one - is it actually the same? I think they might be. Same kind of double ropes hanging on kind of thing. (Very technical hey). Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 It's like getting Inside the middle of a kinder egg Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted February 24, 2013 Share Posted February 24, 2013 The Ropeway that they got rid of was one of the big box kind. Never rode it myself, perhaps it was surplus to requirements. Taking out a big chunky ropeway can't be a good 'image' thing though. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 The Ropeway that they got rid of was one of the big box kind. Never rode it myself, perhaps it was surplus to requirements. Taking out a big chunky ropeway can't be a good 'image' thing though. Thanks - Bond reference was to the 007 movie with the ropeway - the Shiga one reminded me of it. The egg gondy was great compared to that single chair there where you have to carry your board in your lap Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted February 25, 2013 Share Posted February 25, 2013 Moonraker Rio ropeway or On Her Majestys Secret Service Shilthorn ropeway ? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Just found out that Adatara Kogen will not be running their gondola this coming season, "for various reasons." That gondola is the whole reason to go there! I mean, there are a couple of shortish intermediate and expert trails accessible from the chairs, along with a pole bahn, but without the nice long steep stuff accessible only from the top, it would be hard to justify spending a whole day there. Instead, they are installing a second snow escalator for little kids... Sigh. I can only hope they change their minds, and soon. I'd really like to support them, but I cannot see myself driving 2.5 hours each way to visit "Adatara Family Snow Park" (as they may as well rename themselves ). Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I suppose we should be thankful that they are closing the gondola "for various reasons". Better than for no reason whatsoever. And the implication of multiple reasons as well, to boot. Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 What do we reckon the reason is? Can't afford it? Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I'm sure they have a multitude of reasons, none of which have pictures of Fukuzawa Yukichi on them... Sure, it all has to come down to money. Obviously they think keeping it running is a money-losing proposition for them. But removing the main selling-point of the resort is really getting into desperation territory. It smacks of Kandatsu's closing of Muikabochi's favorite course.... Penny wise and pound foolish. And checking the web-cam, the gondola was running today for hikers. So it's not that it is broken. They did suffer more than just about anywhere else from 3.11, being located closest to Fukushima Daiichi, but I thought things this past year were starting to turn around. Inawashiro and Grandsunpia Inawashiro Resort are bringing lifts back out of mothballs this coming season, for example. Things looking up and all. They did seem to have a lot of wind-holds last season... but still, the gondola was the main attraction of the place, when it managed to run. Well, we'll see. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Not that I ever feel like defending Kandatsu Kogen too much, but at least they open the lift and Milky Way course on weekends. Doesn't help me as I'd never want to go to Kandatsu on a weekend. Is this gondola closed on weekends too Metabo Oyaji? Link to post Share on other sites
JellyBelly 1 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Thats too bad. Whichever way you look at it, closing a Gondola looks very bad. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 It runs in summer but not winter.......are there that many more hikers? Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Was just thinking the same Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Do Ropeways cost less to run? Hakkaisan went from Ropeway to Gondola, wonder if that might have been the reason. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Not that I ever feel like defending Kandatsu Kogen too much, but at least they open the lift and Milky Way course on weekends. Doesn't help me as I'd never want to go to Kandatsu on a weekend. Is this gondola closed on weekends too Metabo Oyaji? Yes,it will be closed for the whole season, weekends (presumably) included. It runs in summer but not winter.......are there that many more hikers? Does seem hard to believe, doesn't it? Well, I guess it's not just hikers, but also leaf-peepers and general sight-seers who will just ride up, look around a little bit, and ride back down. But still. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hakkai did indeed change from gondola to Ropeway. Weekdays the Ropeway only runs every 20mins or so, whereas I suppose a gondola is always moving. Not that I know anything about running costs. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Another thing about Ropeways that I don't like.... the potential for waiting, hanging around. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Yeah that bugs me too Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 I must prefer gondolas. As many other people have said. Must be a very major decision to not run the main lift at a skijo. Link to post Share on other sites
69 5 Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 If the Ropeway is running pretty much all the time, they're ok. But not if they are cramming people in people like Shinjuku rush hour. Link to post Share on other sites
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