PLEASE READ: Forums - Welcome & Guidelines [Updated 18th Dec 06]

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

If you are new to Snow Japan and the Snow Japan Forums – a big welcome! We hope you’ll find the site to be a fun place as well as being a big help in you getting the most out of the Japanese winter.

 

There is a huge amount of information to be found on the pages of Snow Japan and the Forums – ranging from basic information for each resort, feature articles and interviews to a huge library of information that has been submitted by our readers. So before posting a new general question, please check out the site and these Forums to make sure that the answer to your question isn’t already there! We're not trying to discourage you to post - just that you try to do a bit of checking around first before posting very general questions that have probably already been covered in some detail.

 

You will very probably find the Snow Japan Forum experience to be a fun and informative experience. In order to be able to enjoy using the Forums and join in the community here, please read the following rules and guidelines:

 

REGISTRATION:

One of the reasons that we require you to register before you can post is so that we can try to keep troublemakers away from the Forums as much as possible. It's not always easy to do that but we certainly try to give people the benefit of the doubt. So when you register, please refrain from putting Nationality as "Martian", location as "Making sausages" or other such 'witty' comments on the form - you simply won't get your registration approved if you do that. It's not that we don't have a sense of humour - we do, honest - it's just we're trying to maintain the quality of the forums and that's not the best way to introduce yourself!

 

For similar reasons, another thing that we ask new users to refrain from is trying to register multiple times using different usernames. It looks suspicious and the registrations will more than likely not get approved.

 

PRIVATE MESSAGES:

In an effort to avoid spammers signing up to our forums solely for the purpose of using the Private Messaging (PM) functionality to spam members (people actually do that, you know), when you first sign up to the forums that Private Message functionality is not immediately available to you..... you need to make some posts on the forums before you can use PM's.

 

If you find yourself having made lots of posts but PMs are still not available to you, please email us to let us know and we'll look into it.

 

ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED:

Please note that we do not allow any kind of advertising or business promotion on the Snow Japan Forums – whether it be a blatant ad or a sneaky try to get your info out there. If you post something that we consider to ‘cross the line’, we will delete it. (And just to be very clear, we make the decision as to what 'crosses the line' and what doesn't).

 

If it is your first post, we may also delete your account as well. It is very rare that we do delete things – we really don’t want to – but if we do take any such action, we have good reason to... and so please do not post new threads or posts questioning our actions - you will be banned if you do that. If you have a problem, you can email us about it rather than cause a fuss on the Forums (but we don't usually enter into discussions about these things as it simply takes up too much time that we could otherwise use to improve the site).

 

If you are interested in promoting something to our large readership, please contact us and we can discuss it. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

 

LINKS TO OUTSIDE WEBSITES:

Please do not think of the Snow Japan Forums as simply a convenient place to spread the word about other websites. Links to outside websites within relevant discussions are often acceptable, but posts of the nature “This is a cool site, check it out (insert URL here)" are not allowed - however well-meaning the initial intention.

 

THREADS THAT HAVE NO CONTENT:

Please do not post new threads with no content other than simply links to outside websites (whatever the content of the page that is being linked to).

 

ABUSING/INSULTING OTHER MEMBERS OR COMPANIES

It's not often but occasionally there have been some cases where people have started hurling abuse and insults at other members or even businesses. We do not want that kind of thing to happen here - it does not belong on these Forums. If we feel that someone goes too far in this respect, we will (without warning) take away their posting rights on the Forums for a period of time that we see fit. We do not want to have to take that kind of action, but if we feel it is for the good of the Forums in general, we will. If anyone feels they have something to report to us, just mail us at the usual address or click on the “Report Post” link you can find under every post.

 

OFFENSIVE POSTS/THREADS:

Please refrain from posting threads and posts that are just totally offensive to a certain person or group of people. This shouldn’t need explaining - just use common sense please.

 

ACCEPTING THE ACTIONS OF SJ MODERATORS

It is very rare that messages and threads get deleted or closed. However, if a thread or post is edited/deleted/closed by SJ Moderators, it is done because we feel that there is a good reason for that to happen. We only take such actions after careful thought and considering our own guidelines. We ask that you please accept such decisions and do not post a new thread or messages questioning those decisions and our general policies. We will not discuss these issues on the Forums in public and we will delete any threads and posts discussing these policies. We accept that you may not agree with certain decisions that we make, but please realize that they are not up for public discussion. You are of course welcome to contact us by email if you have any questions or problems.

 

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For more about our Forum rules, guidelines and disclaimers, please visit the Forums User Agreement here:

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/agree_review.html

 

Please also read this important message, originally posted on 18th December 2006:

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/9/376.html

 

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Anyway - you will find the SJ community to be a very friendly one (most of the time! ) and if you do post a specific question no doubt you will get a very good response from readers.

 

Thanks and enjoy the Forums.

 

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GOOD PLACES TO FIND BASIC INFO:

 

These Forums provide a lot of information (over 190,000 posts) and so it is a good idea to do some searches on here. You can do that from here:

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi/ubb/search.html

 

Below are some of the main sections of the site that you might also want to visit:

 

Japanese Snow Resorts - Main SJ Resorts page:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/index.html

 

Japanese Snow Resorts - Listed by Prefecture:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/prefecture.php

 

Resort Spotlights:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/spotlight/resort.html

 

Places to Stay near popular resorts:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index.html

 

>>Places to stay in Hokkaido

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-hokkaido.html

>>Places to stay in Iwate

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-iwate.html

>>Places to stay in Yamagata

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-yamagata.html

>>Places to stay in Niigata

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-niigata.html

>>Places to stay in Nagano

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-nagano.html

>>Places to stay in Gunma

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hotel/index-gunma.html

 

Map of Japan:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/maps/map-of-japan.html

 

Maps of Japanese ski resort regions:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/maps/snow-japan-maps/index.html

 

Interactive Maps & Satellite views of Japanese ski resort regions:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/maps/snow-japan-maps/index.html

 

Lessons in English:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/resorts/english.html

 

Photos Galleries of Japanese ski resorts:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/photo_gallery.php

 

Resort Reviews (posted by SJ readers):

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/voice/review.php

 

Reader Journals (posted by SJ readers):

Blog-like Journals:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/insider/journal.php

 

Daily Reporting:

Snow Japan Daily Reports Center:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/index.html

 

Now! Calendar:

Daily reporting archive:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/nowcalendar.php

 

Niseko Now:

Daily reports from Niseko:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/niseko-now.php

 

Furano Now:

Daily reports from Furano:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/furano-now.php

 

Hakuba Now:

Daily reports from Hakuba:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/hakuba-now.php

 

Shiga Kogen Now:

Daily reports from Shiga Kogen:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/shiga-kogen-now.php

 

Nozawa Now:

Daily reports from Nozawa:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/nozawa-now.php

 

Yuzawa Now:

Daily reports from Yuzawa:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/yuzawa-now.php

 

Naeba Now:

Daily reports from Naeba:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/naeba-now.php

 

Minakami Now:

Daily reports from Minakami:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/minakami-now.php

 

Webcam Center:

Over 100 webcams from ski resorts around Japan:

http://www.snowjapan.com/e/daily/webcam/index.html

 

Enjoy!

[Yuki's Passion 1]

If people just looked at the "search" button and typed in "Niseko" theyd get 15 pages of information...

 

Lets knowledge

[mattlucas 0]

Wow Yama

I did just that and I got exactly 15 pages of info

You so smart

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

Updated!

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

This has been added:

 

ABUSING/INSULTING OTHER MEMBERS

It's not often but occasionally there have been some cases where people have started hurling abuse and insults at other members in some threads on these Forums. That kind of thing does not belong on these Forums. If we feel that someone goes too far in this respect, we will (without warning) take away their posting rights on the Forums for a period of time that we see fit. We do not want to have to take that kind of action, but if we feel it is for the good of the Forums in general, we will. If anyone feels they have something to report to us, just mail us at the usual address or click on the “Report Post” link you can find under every post.

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

Updated 24th Nov 06:

 

We have made a few changes to the initial post and added a few updated links as well.

 

Thanks.

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

Nothing has really changed, just we want to emphasise the following parts and so the text has been modified:

 

ADVERTISING OR PROMOTIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED:

Please note that we do not allow any kind of advertising or business promotion on the Snow Japan Forums – whether it be a blatant ad or a sneaky try to get your info out there. If you post something that we consider to ‘cross the line’, we will delete it. (And just to be very clear, we make the decision as to what 'crosses the line' and what doesn't).

 

If it is your first post, we may also delete your account as well. It is very rare that we do delete things – we really don’t want to – but if we do take any such action, we have good reason to... and so please do not post new threads or posts questioning our actions - you will be banned if you do that. If you have a problem, you can email us about it rather than cause a fuss on the Forums (but we don't usually enter into discussions about these things as it simply takes up too much time that we could otherwise use to improve the site).

 

If you are interested in promoting something to our large readership, please contact us and we can discuss it. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

 

LINKS TO OUTSIDE WEBSITES:

Please do not think of the Snow Japan Forums as simply a convenient place to spread the word about other websites. Links to outside websites within relevant discussions are often acceptable, but posts of the nature “This is a cool site, check it out (insert URL here)" are not allowed - however well-meaning the initial intention.

 

ABUSING/INSULTING OTHER MEMBERS OR COMPANIES:

It's not often but occasionally there have been some cases where people have started hurling abuse and insults at other members or even businesses. We do not want that kind of thing to happen here - it does not belong on these Forums. If we feel that someone goes too far in this respect, we will (without warning) take away their posting rights on the Forums for a period of time that we see fit. We do not want to have to take that kind of action, but if we feel it is for the good of the Forums in general, we will. If anyone feels they have something to report to us, just mail us at the usual address or click on the “Report Post” link you can find under every post.

 

ACCEPTING THE ACTIONS OF SJ MODERATORS:

It is very rare that messages and threads get deleted or closed. However, if a thread or post is edited/deleted/closed by SJ Moderators, it is done because we feel that there is a good reason for that to happen. We only take such actions after careful thought and considering our own guidelines. We ask that you please accept such decisions and do not post a new thread or messages questioning those decisions and our general policies. We will not discuss these issues on the Forums in public and we will delete any threads and posts discussing these policies. We accept that you may not agree with certain decisions that we make, but please realize that they are not up for public discussion. You are of course welcome to contact us by email if you have any questions or problems.

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

OFFENSIVE POSTS/THREADS:

Please refrain from posting threads and posts that are just totally offensive to a certain person or group of people. This shouldn’t need explaining - just use common sense please.

[SnowJapan#Andrew 6]

A MESSAGE TO ALL FORUM MEMBERS.

 

Please read this post here:

 

http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/9/376.html

 

Thank you.