Hi and welcome to my second trip report, the first one is here;

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...80-j-pics.html

As Letterman would say: "Let's get to it, shall we."



AC: YOW-YYZ
Equipment: A320

Maple Leaf Lounge (YOW)


Breakfast



AC 01: YYZ-NRT
Equipment: B777-300ER

International Maple Leaf Lounge (YYZ)





Pre-flight meal


Seat


IFE


Nut service


Menu



Organic Field Greens and Grape Tomatoes served with Balsamic Vinaigrette


Grilled Alberta AAA Beef Tenderloin with Red Wine Jus accompanied by Yukon Gold Mash, green Beans and Heirloom Carrots


Warm Signature Chocolate Lava Cake served with Vanilla Ice Cream


Blueberry Pancakes complemented by Fruit Chutney and Maple Syrup

Ski pics from Japan:

Hakuba 47





Happo One (pronounced “oh nay”)

CO 08: NRT-EWR
Equipment: B777-200LR



United Red Carpet Lounge (NRT)


Choice of mini tuna or cheese sandwiches (I passed), chips, crackers


Seat (older style, not the newer one, unfortunately)


IFE


Amenity kit

Menu




Nut service


A demitasse of pumpkin coconut soup



Fresh seasonal greens with pumpkin and carrot julienne, red and yellow cherry tomato, cucumber and melon (w/ Asian citrus vinaigrette)


Sautéed tenderloin steak with Port wine sauce and sautéed champignon, eringi and shiitake mushrooms, accompanied by fried potatoes, broccoli florets, sautéed turnip and tomato



Assortment of petite pastries


Fresh seasonal fruit


Freshly baked Danish pastry with strawberry preserve


Tomato Omelette with grilled pork loin, pork sausage, Lyonnaise potatoes and sautéed red bell peppers


the end!

Thank you for your report and all the photos, I'm very surprised no one has commented on yet, this will bump it back to the top so others can read it too.

How are the skiing and skiing resort prices in Japan compared to Canada?

Wow!!!! What a fabulous job for writing the trip reports. I'm glad that you are so enjoyable the flight out YYZ-NRT-EWR. I know CO is not on operating 777-200LR and I think you meant it is 777-200ER that mean is extended range. CO does not have 77L aircraft into the fleet. Only where you are flying on operating 777-200ER.

I'm glad that you took on AC out of YYZ-NRT on operated 77W aircraft. It is nice to see you in the J class. Is that very comfortable for you? You can try to take a cabin shot for me next time. I would loves to see it for me. Maybe you can try to take a pictures by the windows during in-flight, taxiway, takeoff and in the air by 30,000 feet. So let's try to do something for you. Try to take a nice cabin shots for me that I would likes to see it myself. Also, I saw the meal where you went to the AC Maple lounge in YYZ but, the tortellini are so delicious and I loves to eat tortellini.

Hi AndrewE, very nice photos, thanks for sharing. Continental's food looks a lot better than Air Canada imho.

Gorgeous pics.^
Sorry about the food on the flight to NRT! Scary.

The lift tickets worked out to be about $40 a day at the two places I tried. The tickets themselves were chip cards you swipe to get on the lifts.

I assume you mean western Canada (Whistler, Lake Louise ,…etc…). To do a fair comparison, I think you would have to ski in Japan during the winter months and not in the spring. I didn’t go to Japan just to ski but I happened to be in Japan when skiing was still available.

The mountains themselves don’t offer any more vertical than you would get at most places in western North America (Whistler, Vail, ..etc…), maybe a bit less actually, but would be on par in terms of skiable acres. The attraction for Japan is the quantity and consistency of the snow (greater frequency of powder days). It seems a lot of Aussies and Kiwis ski Japan.

The lifts are pretty modern but there a few antiquated ones as well. But you find the same thing at North American resorts. In general, the off-piste possibilities are not as good (if that’s what you’re looking for). The skiing on the northern island of Hokkaido around Sapporo is supposed to be pretty good, especially the tree skiing.

Give Japan a try.

... and tastes better too!