sam_casper 0 Posted November 15, 2002 Author Share Posted November 15, 2002 the lap top thing! Link to post Share on other sites
Sharon 0 Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 I stayed at Lodge Uranaka last year. The food was really pretty good. The owners seemed really friendly and insisted on practising their english. The place itself is pretty basic but really near the gelende and the town. A good place. You'll have a good time. In Hiroshima you should go to Miyajima and the Peace Park. Let us know when u'll be here. We can give u tips on bars and restaurants, maybe even have a mini SJ get together. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted November 15, 2002 Author Share Posted November 15, 2002 cool sounds awsome! i checked out the sites and stuff looks very cosy only 20 ppl at the time! Im hanging for it! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 15, 2002 Share Posted November 15, 2002 sam, drew, just for interest sake what are you paying for all of that? Its ok if you don't want to disclose. Cheers, Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted November 15, 2002 Author Share Posted November 15, 2002 Nulla - a small fortune!!! The final price is about $3500, maybe a bit more actually. This is all inclusive. Flights, accomodation (the whole time), transfers etc etc. Everything.. well except food (obviously). Originally we tried to go through SnoWave but once we said that we wanted to go to Tokyo as well, it got very confusing for them and nasically said that it wasn't possible because the flights were all booked up. So, we went to STA Travel (who we booked our Thailand trip with at the end of last year) and we got student priced flights, plus they got us the flights we wanted. How much did you guys end up paying? You went through SnoWave didn't you Nulla??? cheers EDIT - by the way this is Drew, not Sam, im at Sam's and didn't log her out! whoopies!! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Drew, one of my travel companions works for japan airlines (and is a friend of snowave) so making comparisons price wise wouldn't be fair. Sorry. I was just interested to see what sort of discount we were receiving!!! I think the price you are paying is not that bad... I have heard of others paying as much as $4000 for something similar to what you are doing. It is going to be so so so sweet, I can't wait to get over there. Have you been O/S snowboarding before? Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Sounds more the case of "WHO ISNT" going to be in Niseko this January?! ... Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 You can all sit around in a circle and play the party game "I went to Niseko in January, and I took with me ... a digital film studio ... a Cray supercomputer ... the kitchen sink ... a bogbrush ...", and then the first person who gets the list wrong has to do some whacky forfeit about which you can all remind each other cryptically on this forum for years to come. Fatty and the Cray supercomputer! Cor, that was a shocker! Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Sounds like a great game, Ocean, but I think your original list was missing something: Quote: You can all sit around in a circle and play the party game "I went to Niseko in January, and I took with me ... a digital film studio ... a Cray supercomputer ... an Echineko.... the kitchen sink ... a bogbrush ...", Link to post Share on other sites
miteyak 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Quite a thing you have there for echineko, eh Markie! Link to post Share on other sites
NoFakie 45 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Rats! Beaten to it! I was just about to say the same thing! At least our Cheeseman gets to nibble at his obsession.... Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted November 18, 2002 Share Posted November 18, 2002 Just so you know where that came from, Miteyak: Quote: echineko SJG Forum Member Member # 516 Member Rated: posted 18. October 2002 07:13 PM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I want to go there. Someone take me! Mind you, you are absolutely right, my thing is always there for Miss Naughty Cat. Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Author Share Posted November 19, 2002 whats the story!!??!! Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 Nulla - nup i have never been OS snowboarding before. I have been following the weather in Niseko pretty closely and am getting myself (and Sam) very excited about it!!! i cant believe how much snow they have had already! Especially when you compare it to here!!!!! Lucky you having a contact in Snowave!! Ba$tard!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 19, 2002 Share Posted November 19, 2002 drew, it'll be better than you can ever imagine. Get ready to learn how to snowboard all over again Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 Yeah thats what everyone keeps telling us!!! But it is going to be a trip to remember. I just know that i am going to want to keep coming back season after season!! Can't blood.y wait!!! Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 learning to snowboard all over again! BLAh! i cant havent hardly learnt anyways! im a shocker! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 sam, you sound like my girlfriend he he he !!! maybe me and drew can go ride pow and you two can stick to the groomers (jokes) Link to post Share on other sites
sam_casper 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Author Share Posted November 20, 2002 nulla! i'll pick it up! let me guess... ur girlfriend isnt sure if shes goofy or natural??? hehahe... (thats me!) im an expert at stacking....! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 nah, she's sure about that one..... heres a tip that i learned while instructing in america... one day when your not expecting it, get drew to push you from behind and then work out which foot you put forward (fall onto) to steady yourself.... in most cases that foot will also be your front foot while riding... but, you gotta make sure your not expecting it, and you also gotta make sure you don't turn around and slap him in the face for pushing you he he he he cause he wont be happy bout that.... Link to post Share on other sites
Markie 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 There's a great pic of Mt. Yotei on the Niseko Now page today. Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 this one Link to post Share on other sites
snowboard_freak 0 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Nulla - if you instructed in the states i dont think i would be quite up to your standard of boarding!!! I might have to try pushing Sam, followed by a swift duck! Nice photo isn't it!! Link to post Share on other sites
Will Lee 0 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Wait a minute, I thought this thread is about who`s heading up to Niseko in Jan? SnoboYaro will make himself available to the great mountains of Niseko Sun Jan 12th-Tue Jan 14th. Hope to see y`all SJ members up there! Link to post Share on other sites
nulla 0 Posted November 21, 2002 Share Posted November 21, 2002 Quote: Originally posted by snowboard_freak: Nulla - if you instructed in the states i dont think i would be quite up to your standard of boarding!!! I might have to try pushing Sam, followed by a swift duck! Nice photo isn't it!! having instructed in the states is no guarantee of ability.... I PROMISE... I knew a few blokes who instructed yet couldn't even get their own boots on Link to post Share on other sites
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