sanjo 2 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I just got my Ski Mapple today with all the resorts in it and one of the first thing I noticed was the very useful "Non Smorker" Rank that they have for each resort. It goes from A - G. A = can't smork anywhere, go away smorkers G = no particular smorking rules, so smorkers welcome. Very useful, especially for smorkers wanting to smork at a resort, and non-smorkers wanting to avoid smorkers. (Can someone post that No Smorking sign on this thread again) Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Are there many resorts ranked A? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 is that the pic SG took? Link to post Share on other sites
thursday 1 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 yeah, SG's photo. Got it from the English Signs thread Link to post Share on other sites
cal 6 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Haha, it must be a common thing this smorking in Japan. Link to post Share on other sites
Draexin 0 Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 Yup, there's even one at the entrance of the 109 building in Shibuya: Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 was the smorking room to the left or to the right? Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 i have the same book/mag sanjo is talking about. a quick look through, the following resorts got As: Mizuhohighland Sunmeadows Saku Parada Karuizawa Grandeco Miyagi Zao Eboshi Onikoube Tazawako Sapporo Kokusai besdies karuizawa and kokusai, i've never even heard of these places. the idea isn't bad though; it'll prolly be two or three years before the idea of grading business establishments on smorking takes hold. a bunch of resorts got the grade of "X" (info not avaible) last year everyone posted the no smorking photo, and about a week later the resort in question changed ALL of their signs.... there were like 500 of them let's english! Link to post Share on other sites
frannyo 2 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Lots of smorking rooms. How can they make that mistake? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Miyagi Zao Eboshi, unsurprisingly, is on the Miyagi side of Zao. Never been. Onikobe is a cracking little place in southern Iwate. It has the most varied and challenging terrain around here. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I still remember stinking like a smorked kipper after eating lunch at Myoko. Every time I moved, a waft of stale tobacco stench blew up in my face from inside my jacket. It was horrible being in the big nature with the secondhand smork following me around everywhere. It's good to see some value being placed on smorklessness. Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Onikobe is a cracking little place in southern Iwate. It has the most varied and challenging terrain around here. soub, lets Onikobe! smork free of course. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Gladly. You blokes live normal lives, don't you? It will have to be a Sunday then. It's about 50km from me. I promise not to smork or do any durgs in the car. Link to post Share on other sites
LiquidX 0 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Quote: Miyagi Zao Eboshi, unsurprisingly, is on the Miyagi side of Zao Does that mean it is effectively a long way off? You can't go over from Zao to Miyagi in winter, can you? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 That`s right. There are actually seven ski areas on Zao, from the SJ listings. I don`t think any of them connect. I`m sure our resident experts will correct me if I`m wrong. The big one is Zao Onsen. Link to post Share on other sites
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