Chriselle 158 Posted May 16, 2014 Author Share Posted May 16, 2014 The beach houses down here in Usami close at around 6 but I'm not sure about the shacks on the main beach in Ito. It seems they get a lot more "yankee" types there and I think they stay open later. Generally though, the whole beach house thing has really died out around here. When I first moved to Usami there were about 8 businesses running....now I think it's down to 2.... A couple season we had a lot of rain and one recent season we had a large shark take up residence in the bay which scared beach goers off and they've never really returned... Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 What exactly are "beach houses"? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 19, 2014 Author Share Posted May 19, 2014 A ...umm......house.......umm.......on the........you know..... BEACH!! Temporary summer shacks they put up along the beach that sell food and stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 How often you go Chriselle? I have never seen the appeal really, I prefer a nice comfortable room. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 What do you mean, Muika? You don't stay in the beach houses.....they are just places to buy food n drinks. They are much more expensive than the surrounding shops tho, so what we'd do is nick over to the shops to get beer instead of buying on the beach **edit** Haha!! Never mind....I just realised you meant camping!! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 Well... no, can't say I've ever been considering my place is right next to the beach anyway. Even if it wasn't .... I wouldn't be too interested. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 20, 2014 Author Share Posted May 20, 2014 What do you mean, Muika? You don't stay in the beach houses.....they are just places to buy food n drinks. They are much more expensive than the surrounding shops tho, so what we'd do is nick over to the shops to get beer instead of buying on the beach **edit** Haha!! Never mind....I just realised you meant camping!! Haha.....I was thinking the same thing Tubby... Camping.... I'm not much of a long term camper. Anything more than a few days and I start to get a little bored. For long term camping I'm really interested in expedition tripping like one day going through Africa or South America via overland offroad. Even in Japan, I rarely stay in the same spot for two consecutive nights. It's a bucket list dream to do the Rubicon trail and Moab. That's my kind of camping..!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBL_o7zmsM Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Sorry, I meant camping in general. Link to post Share on other sites
Go Native 70 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 I really miss camping down at Lake Toya. Beautiful place. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 So we had a great time in Ibaraki at the off-road event. Probably about 1000 cars showed up and most people camped right in the park. I took the video camera along and got a bit of footage. This first clip is of the grounds and the extreme race. There was a mud drag race in the afternoon but I haven't edited that yet.. If you're interested take a look.. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 I'm surprised at how fast some of those drivers go through the courses. I suppose that is a point of pride? Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Some of those could do with a good wipe down with clean water and cloth! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 26, 2014 Author Share Posted May 26, 2014 I'm surprised at how fast some of those drivers go through the courses. I suppose that is a point of pride? It is a timed race. I don't think any of the vehicles escaped without some damage. Some rather serious actually. @634-maru... The mud drag race was after this event.. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Some of those could do with a good wipe down with clean water and cloth! With this being Japan, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a load of car washing equipment on site for the competitors. Great to hear some 4x4s rev nearly as high as our three speed Pajero Mini! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 Some of those could do with a good wipe down with clean water and cloth! With this being Japan, I wouldn't be surprised if they had a load of car washing equipment on site for the competitors. Great to hear some 4x4s rev nearly as high as our three speed Pajero Mini! Haha...they do!! A couple power washers. I think they get complaints from the community if trucks don't get the mud off.....big chunks of mud all over the road. Link to post Share on other sites
gozaimaas 61 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Just drive into a full service petrol station and let them at it! Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I don't do mud anymore....it's fun but just not worth it.. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 3 speed?! Fast, slow, off Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Does that actually mean 3 gears? That is probably a really rubbish question. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 Perhaps....fast, slow, reverse, off Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted May 27, 2014 Share Posted May 27, 2014 The washing thing doesn't surprise me because its the type of consideration Japanese folks are very good at. Its like the compressed air blowers and brushes you get at some ski resorts to get the snow off your bindings before you head back to the car. Note that there are also types of consideration Japanese people are not very good at. See the "Long time, no see! Oh you've put on weight" thread for one example. Its a running joke but our Pajero Mini is a three speed AT. Three forward gears that is. Once you hit third, all you can do is whirr more for more speed. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 27, 2014 Author Share Posted May 27, 2014 I still think you have something slipping in the driveline. Frankly though.....Anything after 100k kms the Mini is ready to grenade at any moment. Link to post Share on other sites
oo 1 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 I have a driving question. Is it good practice or bad practice to go straight from 3rd to 5th gear (for example) if it seems ok speed/revs wise... or should you aways go one up and down at a time? Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted May 28, 2014 Author Share Posted May 28, 2014 I wouldn't say it was good practice ... but sure...it doesn't hurt anything unless you are constantly bogging down the revs like all the Taxi drivers do here. Seriously makes me want to slap them. Here's the mud drag footage. Not much mud this year due to the dry spell of weather. Link to post Share on other sites
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