Aaron 0 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Looking for somewhere to go at the Xmas holidays. Id like to go to japan, cause unfortunaly my girlfriend lievs there. leaves Big White or Whistler etc out the Equation. SO japan. Where whould i go? Niseko - got some nice deals from australia at the moment. Supposed to have awesome snow Hakuba - closer to tokyo, hows the snow? Yuzawa area - went there in january, it was very nice, but there wasnt many runs what are your ideas guys? ps: this is my first post...yay! Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 Aaron: Pleased to meet you, I haven't been here all that long, but... Niseko: Went there this year, good snow and was relatively easy to find fresh tracks. There were quite a few aussies (tons for Japan, but not for Aus ) I would say about 1/4 of the non school people on the hill Hakuba: Apparently good snow and apparently easier to make tracks, lots to choose from. Yuzawa: No idea Where abouts does your gf live? Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 0 Posted August 14, 2005 Author Share Posted August 14, 2005 she lives in tokyo. thanks for the reply. Id actually prefer to go to a place with no australians, hehe. How crowded are they? Link to post Share on other sites
yodel 0 Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 hey hi there bit quite round heres at the moment, people out for summer. but check out the Reviews Journals links at the top of the page to get more of an idea of stuff. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Which resort in yuzawa area did you go to last time? Tried Kagura/Naeba? That must have enough runs. If you go for more than 1 day I'd go to Hakuba and do a different resort each day. Link to post Share on other sites
sanjo 2 Posted August 15, 2005 Share Posted August 15, 2005 Kagura/Naeba is big - you can definitely spend a few days up there no problem. Some other good resorts in the town that are good for a day. Link to post Share on other sites
bong 0 Posted August 16, 2005 Share Posted August 16, 2005 Christmas never seems that busy at all, though this year it is on a Sunday with "ibu" on a Saturday and so I suppose thats something that may make that weekend busy. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted August 17, 2005 Share Posted August 17, 2005 Best advice wherever possible is to avoid all holidays. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Hakuba around Christmas time is pretty risky, isn't it? We went to Hakuba on 27th of December last winter and we were skiing on the rocks for a couple of days. Phatluv told us the heavy snow usually coming around New Year's Eve, until then Hakuba isn't really good. If you want to make plan on ahead, you should choose Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Yeah. Last season was pretty bad. Since 1989 when I moved into Hakuba, that was the worst record. Mostly Christmas time is no problem here. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Slow. It wasn't just Hakuba. In Yamagata we needed to get some Shinto on to Zao to make the snow come. Whatever they did worked, because when it started it took three months to stop. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Just for the record, it snowed heavily in Hakuba during Christmas last year from the day after Snow Making Markie arrived. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 you were a blessing markie Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Planning Christmas holidays already? I still haven't had my summer!? Poor me. Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Siren, you haven't had your summer yet? Welcome to the club. But that's not stopping me from planning my White holidays! Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted August 22, 2005 Share Posted August 22, 2005 Not until early September unfortunately. I just can't think about winter holidays when outside is still more than 30 degrees. Link to post Share on other sites
sexer 0 Posted August 23, 2005 Share Posted August 23, 2005 Snow Making Markie, please plan to be in Yuzawa at Christmas this year. Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 My holidays are over Yes I wonder if Snow Making Markie will do his job properly this year. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Quote: Originally posted by Markie: Just for the record, it snowed heavily in Hakuba during Christmas last year from the day after Snow Making Markie arrived. Yes, amen to that!! I just wish "yukiotoko" yama had done a better job before my school trip to Shiga We can expect you around the 25th again Markie then? PS, I may be in H.K. in mid-Nov so maybe we can have an early "let it snow" Party Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 Presently, 富良野 へ いく つもりです が 志賀 も " 892;きたい です. Nevertheless, do look me up if you get here. Last time, farquah was here I missed him, but I gather he had a great time at the Rugby Sevens and consumed lots of beer! It's ridiculous, I have two pads with liveable area more than 4000 sq.ft. (not including the car park spaces and roof area I own)in crowded HK. One of them is in the middle of town and the other is in 田舎 overlooking 海. So whenever I'm at one, the other is empty! What a waste! Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 29, 2005 Share Posted August 29, 2005 OK that should read: Shiga mo ikitai desu. Looks like some bugs in the kanji coding system. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Do they both have pianos? PS - When you write kanji and nihongo be aware that you've lost half your audience Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 I have two keyboards, a clavinova and a grand. They are all presently at my "town" house. I'll probably just move one keyboard over to the country - house. As for the kanji and nihongo, that reply was meant for Yamakashi so I wasn't thinking about the others...sorry! Not thinking well...as usual. Anyway, I said: Presently, I intend to go to Furano but would also like to go to Shiga. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 Thankyou Sunrise Sounds like you live a difficult life Markie Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted August 30, 2005 Share Posted August 30, 2005 It's tough, Toque, but I'm hanging in there. The occasional words of encouragement from Fatts, Yama and sunrise, as well as the occasional kick in the ass from our Aussie friend in Rondon have helped me make it up to now....but I don't know whether I can survive till the white stuff next reaches Hokkaido. Link to post Share on other sites
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