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I'm always scared to take Taxi's in Japan as they are generally known for their very high fares, But $15 is certainly reasonable. So how was 'loop screw coaster' at Seibu Yuenchi today ? Unfotunately I leave on the 30th so will not be there for the snow festival. I am planning on doing some skiing, usually I go to Gala Yuzawa which has a base of about 2' this time of year, but with this years unusually strong winter it currently has 13' of snow!! I usually just use RCDB to help plan trips overseas, do you have any other more comprehensive resource links for parks in Japan (any language)? Quite a few new coasters are being built independently by Chinese companies. But of all the decent coaster manufacturers that they could have choosen to copy from, they choose Vekoma instead. If it's true what is they say about copies getting slightly worse with each generation can you imagine riding a Chinese copy of a Vekoma SLC... ouch. Peter.

Cool, thanks Chris. Was Rindouko-family-bokujo the other park you were trying to find near Nasu Highland? This is very much a last minute trip for me, and have only just started planning. I will be in Japan for 13 days and will have a 14 day railpass. So I'm starting with a blank canvas. I've been to Japan a few times before and have done most of the parks near Tokyo and Osaka, even went on Steel Dragon 2000 before it had the incident. I'll probably head east of Tokyo first before it gets any colder or deeper in snow, Possibly even up to Hokkaido. Then slowly make my way west to Kyushu. I haven't been west of Hiroshima before, so I'm keen to visit some of the parks in in Kyushu. The two Robb just visited seem to be easy enough as both have their own stations. Anything near a station is ok as I can work out timetables and transfer points fairly easily. But the problems come in when buses are added to the mix as their timetables can be hard to translate and it's not obvoius to know exactly which stand the buses pick up from when you can't read kanji. I was hoping to do Nasu Highlands as well , but if my translation is correct they close on the 10th of January until near the end of Feburary. I'll put together a more detailed plan, and give you a shout if I get stuck with access to any of them. Regards, Peter.

Hi Robb, Can you post some hints on getting to some of the out of the way parks you visited? I'm heading back to Japan on the 17th of Jan and am keen to visit some of the more remote one's that I haven't seen before. How did you get back from Nasu Highlands ? Peter. Dodonpa, Coaster riding in the snow, in Japan is fun!

If we are picking faults, The lift hill has no chain and even if it did it would be of no use because of the cross ties on the channel. Peter. The hill with no chain

I have now watched this version, and don't recall seeing any nudie bits. Unless you mean the painted bar maid's cleavage Peter

Don't know about kissing, but I'll thank you now. Download in progress... Peter.

Found this website, where a summer school with kids 7-17 built a small ride-on coaster as a project. Thought it might be of interest. http://www.tinkeringschool.com/media/diary/20050716%20-%20saturday/index.html Or http://tinyurl.com/c9hud Also pictures of the backyard flume mentioned earlier are available @ http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&forum=DCForumID21&om=520&omm=0&viewmode=threaded Or http://tinyurl.com/apcw2 If you scroll through the posts you will find more photos and a couple of videos. Peter

Any chance of a new download link? The original has expired. Peter.