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Topic Options Rate This Topic #80436 - Fri Apr 07 2006 09:12 AM FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) SJ#3 SJ'er with 400+ posts Registered: Thu Oct 31 2002 Posts: 463 Loc: Tokyo, Japan A new Setting Journals feature - "White Season 2005-2006 Report" - has been put online. http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/setting-journals-28.html "Summer 2005 in Japan was the kind where tarmacs at airports soften to the point that loaded down planes sometimes get stuck & need to be pulled free. There was little respite from the heat during daytime, but nights began to cool significantly. Occasionally a typhoon would blow over the Japanese archipelago, cooling things down at the upper elevations. A few years back in September the resort hosted a country music festival (featuring Roseanne Cash, The Charlie Daniels Band & others) on a neighboring plateau about 1,000 meters above sea level. The bands that day (who had been expecting to play at the resort) froze in the typhoon at that elevation. Upon return to the resort, a shivering band member came off the bus and immediately asked for directions to the nearest bar (whiskey was required to warm her up). The Plateau concerned actually closes each winter due to the amount of snow there, & is only accessible via Pisten Bully..." http://www.snowjapan.com/e/features/setting-journals-28.html Please note that the views expressed in any Features on SnowJapan are not necessarily those of SnowJapan. Discuss it here... Top #80437 - Fri Apr 07 2006 09:36 AM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) 97 SJ'er with 100+ posts Registered: Tue Mar 04 2003 Posts: 119 Loc: Nagoya We are going again to Arai this coming week, really looking forward to it. I'm happy to hear there is a lot of snow left! Top #80438 - Fri Apr 07 2006 10:43 AM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) brit-gob SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Wed Jan 30 2002 Posts: 1879 Loc: Jp  Quote: At the start of the month the mountain base had no snow but a little over two weeks later it was a solid 2.5 meters. I remember those days _________________________ genki na aisatsu shimasho! Top #80439 - Fri Apr 07 2006 01:30 PM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) Blair SJ'er with 75+ posts Registered: Fri Apr 19 2002 Posts: 89 Loc: Joetsu, Niigata Hello 97 The lifts are to open an hour earlier April 10 - 16, so try to make the most of it. brit-gob Glad that you remember December 2005 too! I wonder for how many years it will be talked about. People in the area still talk about Winter of 1986... Top #80440 - Sat Apr 08 2006 10:36 AM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) brit-gob SJ'er with 1000+ posts Registered: Wed Jan 30 2002 Posts: 1879 Loc: Jp So what was 86 all about then? _________________________ genki na aisatsu shimasho! Top #80441 - Mon Apr 10 2006 08:46 AM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) snowbender SJ'er with 300+ posts Registered: Thu Sep 16 2004 Posts: 332 Loc: Tokyo  Quote: For years I had pestered management to bring Santa to the resort, but it never came about until this year. Were you Santa, Blair? I hope he went out skiing as well.... Top #80442 - Sun May 14 2006 03:14 PM Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals) Blair SJ'er with 75+ posts Registered: Fri Apr 19 2002 Posts: 89 Loc: Joetsu, Niigata Ho Ho Ho ... 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