thursday 1 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Fattwins: Ignore me you have to keep up first before you can ignore me. I was referring to EBC ignoring your advice to stay off the ice over the weekend. Keep up with you at skiing? Definitely no chance. But wait 'til GT5 comes out on the PS3, I'll burn your ass. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Guess who was on the first gondola today! Only got up at 7:40 as well! There's a good foot of fresh higher up. It's light pow, so faceshots on every turn. Floatamundo! There were only about twenty people out for the first hour. It's still coming down on the hill. Fingers crossed for another powder breakfast tomorrow! Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Sounds nice. Damn you! The only redeeming factor is that I got out of bed later than you. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 sounds sweet mr wiggs! Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 oooooooooooooooooh as i took all the snow off my ride this morning i noticed how light it was. most jealous mr w!!!!!!!! AK and i had a good training weekend, strictly no partying either. Link to post Share on other sites
Kumapix 0 Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 hmmm. glad I didn't go up over the weekend, I can save those yen for next weekend There was snow forecast for Toyama this morning but we got zip! Not even rain! Link to post Share on other sites
SnowConnection 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Tourism Commission of Hakuba starts to operate a shuttle bus service in the evening time from 2006 Dec 22. http://www8.shinmai.co.jp/ski/2006/12/15_003654.html The bus name is "GENKI-GO" with fee 200 yen per ride. The bus ticket is sold at TCH office or Hakuba accomodations (not in the bus). It circulates 13 times a day from 17:20 thru 22:35. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 村観光局によると、運行にかかる事業費は約５A 296;０万円。チケット代による収入を１５０万円ほど と見込み、残りを村観光局の負担とスキー場や宿 850;施設などからの協賛金で補う予定だ。 quick and nasty=[According to the tourist association, it will cost five million yen to operate the bus. They expect to recuperate one and half million in ticket sales, with the shortfall being covered by the association itself and contributions from the ski resorts AND HOTELS] Hand in pocket time lads! 22:35 is far too early for the party crowd, but 3.5 million in strategically placed free booze would probably make more sense for them! Link to post Share on other sites
TJ OZ 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 It's a good move in the right direction. Maybe next year they will extend the times. I think they should survey the passengers so they can improve the service to what the passengers want for next year. Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 TJ see you at the gym tonight, yeh?!! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Tourism is a service industry, and anything that provides extra services is good. Make sure you get the word out TJ. It'll get nowhere as long as the info is only in a Japanese newspaper, especially the bloody Shinmai. Two days till it starts and its hard to find anything about it online, even in Japanese. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted December 20, 2006 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted December 20, 2006 We'll try and get something up soon about that on the Hakuba page. Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Nice one! This has been tried before in the past but supposedly noone knew about them. Link to post Share on other sites
awashi 0 Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Asked about genki-go at the information office today and they didn't know about it. Link to post Share on other sites
SnowJapan Moderator SnowJapan.Com#4 5 Posted December 20, 2006 SnowJapan Moderator Share Posted December 20, 2006 We have added the Genki-go Shuttle Bus information in 2 places on Snow Japan: Hakuba Guide: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hakuba-guide/hakuba-maps.html Hakuba Village Spotlight: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/spotlight/hakuba-village.html And here are direct links to the map and timetable: Genki-go Shuttle Bus Route: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hakuba-guide/genki-go-shuttle-bus-map.pdf Genki-go Shuttle Bus Timetable: http://www.snowjapan.com/e/hakuba-guide/genki-go-shuttle-bus-timetable.pdf Hope that helps! Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 cheers SJ4 hopefully, the genki-gou like come in handy like Adam-gou Link to post Share on other sites
WantToSki 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 the last time ive been to hakuba (march 2006), the shuttle buses were free... is this the same shuttle buses we are talking about? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I was wondering same thing, too. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 the shuttle bus daytime service between Goryu and Happo is still free. Genkigo runs only in the evening and it's 200yen. Am I correct? Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 SJ ROCKS! -SJA Link to post Share on other sites
hughcohen 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 No man, you rock! Link to post Share on other sites
eskimobasecamp 0 Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 i just found a flyer for the genki go bus in the 'to be recycled paper' pile...... good job i put something important in there yesterday, went looking and found it, now i have the timetable and map. it's really great they are doing this, just a shame it didn't go on later - i can get out, i just can't get back. well if it's popular hopefully next year the service will grow. slow - yes it's 200 yen per ride. hmmm maybe i should buy some cross country skis and get home on them lol? the genki go bus (nothing to do with day shuttles, this is a new night service set up by the tourist commission of hakuba village) runs from around 5:20pm until 10:35pm. you can't buy tickets on the bus, you have to buy them from the places listed (i assume that means the various restaurant/hotels/other places it stops at) Link to post Share on other sites
fjef 0 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 As I learned yesterday in Hakuba, tickets will only be available at a few places - this is truly nuts - if you need to use the bus, you have to go where the tickets are sold to be able to ride it - they will not be available for sale in most hotels and restaurants that will make the service useful - like when you decide you want to go out. They will not sell tickets on the bus so if you see the bus and want to jump on, you're out of luck... ...can anyone post the list where tickets are going to be sold? Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Do we need to buy tickets?? Give 200yen to the bus driver and get on, that's easy. 10:35pm and time to go to home... My last train from Shibuya is 0:45am, I can drink two hours longer in Tokyo than Hakuba. However, I remember I was drinking untill 4am the last time in Hakuba in April. Three snowmen from Friday to Sunday. Thankfully my skis will be tuned. It'll be a great weekend in Hakuba. See you guys there tomorrow night. fjef, will you and Kai be in Hakuba this weekend? Link to post Share on other sites
joshnii 2 Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 The names of the places are in the pdf files sj has linked to in the post above. Link to post Share on other sites
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