gamera 0 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 Takasakiyama in Ohita pref. Close to Beppu Onsen. Do you know it? That happened all of sudden. It stole the caramel box from my hand by rushing at my face. I cried out. Link to post Share on other sites
mayhem22 0 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 those kamoshika things are awfully cute. how big are they? are they related to deer or something? i suppose i could google/wikipedia it...i want to see one! are they only in japan? monkeys are cool but scary sometimes. in thailand i saw a group of about 12 of them take over these girls' sarongs while the girls were in the ocean. they went through their bags, looked through magazines, ate their food etc. i was laughing from afar, but they're viscious when they hiss at you! Link to post Share on other sites
mayhem22 0 Posted February 24, 2006 Share Posted February 24, 2006 oh. just googled kamoshika and realized it's merely an antelope all kitted out for winter! huh. still cool though, and i still want to see one. Link to post Share on other sites
minus 1 Posted February 26, 2006 Share Posted February 26, 2006 Those Nikko ones can be scary. I saw them attack someone who left their car window open and some food on view. Not pretty. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 We didn't see any. Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Saw 2 at Oze Iwakura in Gunma on Saturday ... They seemed to be just sunning themselves and not moving around at all. We wondered what they survive on? Rabbits and so on I guess. They are interesting creatures though and are probably happy that the snow of December and early January has stopped! Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 How do you recognise Dogwood? You can tell by its bark hahahahaha. They eat bark, lichen, moss..... Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Damn! That's a mean looking bugger Daver! Almost wolf-like. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 well i suppose i was a little too close. he was feeling a little threatened i suspect. funny, i spent years living in banff informing tourist (much of whom were japanese) on how to responsably and safely view the wildlife. the first time i see a wild animal here i am right in its face. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Very cool. I don't think BofC or myself saw 1 animal on the snow. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Great pic there daver. He looks ANGRY! Link to post Share on other sites
gamera 0 Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Yeah, that one looks almost starting fighting. And probably a big one as a kamoshika? The body color is also a bit different from the ones I've ever seen in the snow. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Saw one from the Naeba Dragondola today. Others in my party thought it looked like a wolf or something else. Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 From a distance they can look like wolfs. Saw another one at Nozawa last week and at first me and my buddy thought it was a wolf. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 Did you see the plastic bear as well from the Gondola? Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 This one (oo's pic) Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Where's that? on the dragondola journey? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I found an Italian restaurant near my office has stewed Ezojika. I've never tried Ezojika before, have to try it! Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 What is ezojika? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 It was well documented a few years ago, but a good buddy (from this forum in the old days) nearly soiled himself when he saw a harmless furry looking Kamoshika about 20m from us whilst off piste. We were with Fattwins, can't remember what resort. I was waving at it and he was scared it would charge at us. Pathetic Just to keep with my effort to turn snowjapan.com into snowearth.com: Whilst scrambling like an incompetent oaf on a rope last year in the Aiguille Rouges (in my usual back country haunt) I cam almost face to face with an Ibex. He jumped up and down the near cliff like it was a gentle 15 degree slope in Kensington Gardens! Cocky little bastard scared me for a while. He could have rammed me off his mountain with a flick of the head. Luckily he didn't hang around for long. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Not much snow there! Thats not your pic is it? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by blinkin'ek: What is ezojika? Ezojika is deer in Hokkaido. Ezorisu is squirrel in Hokkaido. Ezomatsu is aromatic pine tree in Hokkaido. Got it? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 LiquidX - nope, not my picture, I stole that it from the internet. It is however in the Grand Paradiso national park on the Italian-French boarder and that is Monte Bianco in the background. Slow - can you eat that thing. Looks tasty. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 That pic slow is very cool. I like him/her. Are you sure its not a stuffed toy on sale in Toys R Us? Link to post Share on other sites
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