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- From: kimata@convex.com (Hiroki Kimata)
- Subject: Re: National Asian Brotherhood of Skiiers?
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 20:56:35 GMT
- References: <1992Nov15.175518.8454@edsr.eds.com> <1992Nov16.190342.234@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov16.204556.29374@news.cs.brandeis.edu> <1992Nov18.023520.6376@nas.nasa.gov> <1992Nov18.053148.11640@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- In <1992Nov18.053148.11640@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Gen.M.Kanai@dartmouth.edu (Gen M. Kanai) writes:
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- >Skiing in Japan is, for lack of a better word, incredible. Lines like
- >you would not believe for runs that should not be called a run.
-
- Absolutely!
- When I was in Tokyo,I used to go skiing every weekend,driving on highway
- crowded with many cars with crazy skiiers ,like me :-).
- In order to avoid fatal traffic jam,I left my house midnight,
- reached ski area,say,at 3:00 am,and started skiing at 6:00am after
- taking a few hours nap in my car.
- Yes,lifts start working at 4:30am,stop at 10:00pm.
- It's nothing but crazy,isn't it?
- So I was disappointed that lifts stopped at 5:00 pm when I went skiing
- to Corolado for the first time.
-
- >Of
- >course the northernmost island, Hokkaido, has good snow and I think may
- >be hosting a future Olymics, but skiing on the mainland is crazy.
-
- 1970 Winter Olympic was already held in Sapporo,Hokkaido.
- Nagano,which has the largest area in mainland of Japan,is candidate
- for 1998 Winter Olympic.
-
- >just my $.02
-
- >Gen
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