#80436 - Fri Apr 07 2006 12:12 PM
FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Thu Oct 31 2002
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Loc: Tokyo, Japan
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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...
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#80437 - Fri Apr 07 2006 12:36 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Tue Mar 04 2003
Posts: 119
Loc: Nagoya
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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!
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#80438 - Fri Apr 07 2006 01:43 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Wed Jan 30 2002
Posts: 1653
Loc: Jp
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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 
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#80439 - Fri Apr 07 2006 04:30 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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SJ'er with 75+ posts
Registered: Fri Apr 19 2002
Posts: 89
Loc: Joetsu, Niigata
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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...
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#80440 - Sat Apr 08 2006 01:36 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Wed Jan 30 2002
Posts: 1653
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So what was 86 all about then?
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#80441 - Mon Apr 10 2006 11:46 AM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Thu Sep 16 2004
Posts: 281
Loc: Tokyo
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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....
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#80442 - Sun May 14 2006 06:14 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Loc: Joetsu, Niigata
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#80443 - Mon May 15 2006 04:54 PM
Re: FEATURE - White Season 2005-2006 Report (The Setting Journals)
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Registered: Fri Sep 13 2002
Posts: 4644
Loc: London
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Pics please.
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