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benjinyc wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:07 pm @kimchi now im tempted to pull the trigger myself

kimchi wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 3:06 pm Might be too late @YukonCornelius but if you still got the option... just go. Japan is basically the easiest place for a Westerner to travel if you stick to major tourist destinations. You might not be able to hyperoptimize but you'll find a place to stay and be fine. I threw together a Niseko trip while in Tokyo on like 3-4 days notice. Had familiarity with Tokyo but no familiarity with Hokkaido flight, transit, lodgings, dining, etc, and just figured it out.

If not at least go somewhere, maybe Interior BC. Being locked down with two young kids and a postpartum wife, I am hyperaware of the opportunities I used to have to just piss off and go travel and ride on a whim. Just do it.

g3greg wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 8:26 pm it's been dry as bone here(nelson).. My curse continues(we do have a great base though). Revy has been doing ok.

YukonCornelius wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 1:55 pm anyone going to be in the hokkaido area 1/18 to 1/27?

my wife is out of town for a bit and flights are so cheap to japan, a fun opportunity has presented itself!

bboytommy wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 4:56 pm

YukonCornelius wrote: Thu Jan 09, 2025 1:55 pm anyone going to be in the hokkaido area 1/18 to 1/27?

my wife is out of town for a bit and flights are so cheap to japan, a fun opportunity has presented itself!

soooo....are you going?!

kimchi wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:13 pm

benjinyc wrote: Mon Jan 13, 2025 5:07 pm @kimchi now im tempted to pull the trigger myself

You have the added wrinkle of the locals assuming you speak Japanese because you look like them, but it's not that bad

If you got the time off and the funds, just do it. I think Japan is overhyped as a shred destination, but it's still an incredible and singularly unique cultural and culinary destination. Every snow-lover should go at least once.