damian 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 When do the crowds really kick in? Over Dec 24, 25, 26 or after NYE? I have managed to get the 3 key xmas days off work this year and thought I would go to the mtns for xmas. This will of course be an incalculable improvement on last years xmas period which was spent in a very empty office and Tokyo on my own. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 The Key days are 27th Dec. 'til the 3rd Jan I believe. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 Thankyou tity-yak, 24, 25 and 26 are not official public holidays here are they? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 No they're not. Are you still upset about the capital db? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 yes. Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Well, I apologise. It certainly wasn't meant to offend. How was I to know it was an asthetic, acronym, symbol, not a phonic... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 what about some gomen money? Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 Not while a 'titi-yak' still stands. Don't be confusing my apologetic nature with weakness now... Link to post Share on other sites
nekobi 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 last year when i was out the few days before and after xmas, the slopes were empty. at first the snow was crap, but it started dumping on the 24th i believe and we got pow for boxing day. work holiday doesnt start til the 27th, so thats when it'll probably get busy. Link to post Share on other sites
slow 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Share Posted November 12, 2003 I cancelled the US trip in November, so I'm thinking to go there and visit my sister's family or go to Hokkaido (maybe Tomamu) spend Christmas time with my friends. mmm... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 12, 2003 Author Share Posted November 12, 2003 cool, this all sounds hopeful. I think I might break with tradition and book early rather than the 3 days before departure that I normally manage. Link to post Share on other sites
zwelgen 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 There will be no one on the slopes around then. On analysis of the last 3 seasons 2000 - dumped about 1.5m (at my house so approx 2x more on the slopes) on Christmas day and coverd the car so that there was not one single bit showing. 2001 - Boxing day evening the dump arrived and just kept coming until about the 17th Jan 2002 - Christmas evening it started and didnt end until well into Jan so by my (crude) analysis you should be sweet. Be paitent my son and personally I dont think there are THAT many people on slopes at NYrs. I think a feb weekend is much much worse Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 What a shame you still dont have that place in Nozawa! My life has actually turned around a little with the discovery that tuesday 23 dec is also a public hol. Pitty I cant get the monday off. ps - for any one that cares, when I go away it costs more to board my dog in Tokyo than to board myself in the mountains!! Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 db: We may be heading away ourselves at that time, but we won't pull the trigger until mid-December. If we end up being stuck in Tokyo, we'd be willing to take in your homeless pooch at no cost. Touch base with me in mid-December. Of course, he would have to deal with the bitch that shares our place with us... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 I can see a lot of gyoza being prepared in the Goemon household at the end of December... Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 I ate gyoza for my very quick dinner on the way home last night. Quickest 3 beers and gyoza I have ever consumed. Goemon: thks for the offer. Very cool. No comment on that bitch you live with though. Link to post Share on other sites
sweetaz 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 what the hell is gyoza?? Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 db: Lloyd would be more welcome than those two smelly, flea-infested mongrels we had at our place recently; I'm sure you'll agree since you experienced it yourself last night. "Gyoza" are sometimes called Chinese dumplings in other parts of the world: Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Only sometimes the meat can be a bit 'dogdy'... Nice gyoza shot there Goemon. Mind if I add it to my collection? Link to post Share on other sites
Goemon 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 Help yourself. Gyoza for everyone! And everyone bow down before the gyoza altar: And visit the gyoza-themed "park" . Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Author Share Posted November 13, 2003 I love gyoza. Link to post Share on other sites
DrEvil 0 Posted November 13, 2003 Share Posted November 13, 2003 And they are usually very nice, but can be very dodgy. Link to post Share on other sites
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