Comments on: #665 Yotei-zan: Hiking Up + Riding Down

By: thedailyenglishshow

thedailyenglishshow — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:22:22 +0000

This mountain is in a national park. There are no lifts, streets, vending machines etc … if you want to ride on it you have to walk up with snow shoes and ride down. As for ski resorts in Japan … a lot of them are going bankrupt because of a lack of tourists, so I don’t think you really need to worry about there being more and more tourists.

By: Trihexalon

Trihexalon — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:34:11 +0000

I agree with psychos:

maybe now its two skiers, but tommorow there will be hundreds. so then tress will be cut and streets made for the tourist to “enjoy nature” and the community will have another source of revenue.

good job guys… atleast i hope you had fun

By: eufaratine

eufaratine — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:17:25 +0000

This is possibly the dumbest comment I’ve ever read.

What other purpose is there of nature other than for us to enjoy and experience it? Who said we couldn’t ski on mountains? Where’s the damage being done? Unless we’re blowing up or building all over the mountains and forests, there isn’t any damage being done. There’s a way for nature and humanity to live in harmony and skiing on a mountain doesn’t disrupt that in any way.

By: thedailyenglishshow

thedailyenglishshow — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 02:20:31 +0000

“the damage done in this very boring three minute movie”
What damage was done in this movie?

By: biznaka

biznaka — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:34:17 +0000

I’ve always wondered how mountains changed from yama -> san -> zan…

Such as fuji-yama, fuji-san, fuji-zan.. is it just a certain way of accent or what.. ?

By: CINDYLOU5409

CINDYLOU5409 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 23:25:06 +0000

Really enjoyed watching this video. Keep them coming!

By: raro0505

raro0505 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 18:26:36 +0000

ok, super

By: psycos1s

psycos1s — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:46:30 +0000

yet another bastion of nature to be exploited by tourism… these places should be protected from human interference, we have done enough harm already!

mountains where not made to be dug into, pocked, sawed, shoveled, banged or skied on…

when will we see the majesty and superiority of nature instead of molding everything to fit our puny needs, the damage done in this very boring three minute movie will last more than your life times.

shame on you.

By: PhilipMarlowe427

PhilipMarlowe427 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:40:55 +0000

ciao bella/bello !

By: jasonlajoie

jasonlajoie — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:53:34 +0000

…yea…it’s so much better to sit at home in front of the tv all day…