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Mt Granview/Kagura 9 Mar 2014
I though last weekend 1/2 Mar was going to be it for me this season, but I still keep checking the weather forecasts. It was forecast to snow most days from last Thursday till Tuesday. So I asked Mami...
View ArticleTomamu Hoshino Resort or Rusutsu Resort: 16 to 20 March
Hi all I’m lawrence and have bought my airtickets, arriving Hokkaido on !6 March 2014. My wife, 2 kids (aged 11 and 8) and I are planning to ski for the first time. I am considering either Hoshino...
View Articlegetting edges tuned in Tokyo
I was wondering if somebody can help me out. I'm looking for a place that will tune the edges of my board. I had a wander in Ochanomizu today and there were a few places that will do a tune for 6000 to...
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Joetsu Kokusai (Minamiuonuma, Niigata) - 11th March 2014
I woke up with a bit of a headache this morning and as the weather looked decent and with the fresh snow we have had, I thought I needed to get out in the fresh air. As Mt Granview isn't open today, it...
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Ryuoo Ski Park (Yamanouchi, Nagano) - 12th March 2014
Ryuo Ski Park has been on my list for a while now and I was always leaving it to go there on a fine and clear day. I had some time that I could use today and so looking at the forecasts last night I...
View ArticleKoi Suru Fortune Cookie @ skijo
These first two were in the Guess Where This Is thread. Funny. I bet there's more out there. Let's finding.
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SR : HokkaidOH! 2013/14
SR : HokkaidOH! 2013/14 DAY 1 : THURSDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2013 21 cm in the past 24hrs at MQ (Mike's Quarters, in Higashiyama) It's that time of the year again. Local photographer Glen Claydon and Sam Kerr...
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Guess Where This Is
See if you can guess where this is? If you get it right you get to post the next pic and so on..........and so on. I have made this one fairly easy to get the thread started
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Wanted: Winter Stoke!
So I've seen the trailers for the latest and greatest snowboarding movies, the adverts for this season's new gear, a first tracks video from Whistler Blackcomb and a couple of short movies at the...
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Winter Paralympics
Started today and pleased to see Japan has already got gold and bronze in the men's downhill chair-skiing/sitting!! Amazing skills!
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Cheeseman's "Cheese at Resorts" Gallery
This year I thought I would create a special "Cheese at Resorts" Gallery.At the moment, myself along with Cheesewoman, Cheesegirl and Cheeseboy are at Nozawa Onsen in Nagano. Lovely place, but no good...
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Niseko 2013-2014
My first day of skiing at Hirafu. Overnight we had about 10-15 centimeters. The snow was pretty dry but hard and icy underneath. I just cruised, taking it easy and getting my legs in. photos by Tai....
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Let's Myoko!
Have just snagged one of the last seats on tonight's nightbus to Myoko Suginohara! Any tips for a Myoko newbie?? Have read the reviews but any extra/insider/local info would be gratefully received!!
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Mt Granview - The Field of Dreams - 9th March 2014
It's done! Several seasons after seeing Muika’s first report and accompanying photos of Mt Granview, and after some near-misses, the timely intervention of onehunga made my dream visit to the big G...
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Mt Granview/Kagura 9 Mar 2014
I though last weekend 1/2 Mar was going to be it for me this season, but I still keep checking the weather forecasts. It was forecast to snow most days from last Thursday till Tuesday. So I asked Mami...
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Japan's most famous snow icon - the Emergency Telephone Box 13/14 (Yuzawa,...
We missed the snowfall the other day but there's still a bit hanging around the base of the famous telephone box. A rainy day here today, but I noticed that last year's thread was also started on 15th...
View ArticleMaiko or Bust!
Having stupidly not checked how much money I had on me before having a few too many post-Granview celebratory beers last night and then taking a taxi to Echigo-Yuzawa station this morning, I'm now on...
View ArticleKagura Quandary!
So the plan today was to get a morning in at Maiko (done!) then head over to the Wadagoya Mountain Hut at Kagura before the gondola closes. I knew the top lifts would be shut there today because of the...
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Guess Where This Is
See if you can guess where this is? If you get it right you get to post the next pic and so on..........and so on. I have made this one fairly easy to get the thread started
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