Snowfall in Nakatsugawa town

This last week, right before Russell left, we had quite a snowfall in Nakatsugawa. Unfortunately, we missed the actual falling of snow, but the stuff was everywhere when we got back! I'm not used to having to pry my car doors open in the morning. It kinda sucks, I'm not gonna lie.

But the snow was still quite beautiful. It's kind of exciting to have snow right outside the windows and around the car. It adds an element of inclement to the environment that I'm not used to. Snow is certainly a lot nicer to look at than to walk around in with running shoes and to scrape off your car. Luckily, I have upgraded to an actual ice scraper (direct from Wisconsin, no less!) from my airline frequent flier card, which I had put to some use before.

When I sit here huddled up in my apartment with my little kerosene heater for warmth, I can't believe there's big hulking pieces of snow outside my window. It freaks me out! I can't believe that if I don't fill that thing up with kerosene and light it on fire, then I will freeze. What a feeling. I miss central heating.

When I arrived at school, there was a flurry of happy activity as teachers and students swept snow and played around in the new fall. It was a nice sight to see. Here is the fountain at the high school. The kids were making snowballs and trying to ricochet them off the frozen top of the fountain. Damn good idea, actually!






Luckily, it hasn't snowed again since then, so now there are just lonely-looking piles of snow sitting around looking forlorn. It has been nice and sunny, just the way I like it. I don't know how long it will last, but I'm gonna enjoy it while it does.

For those freezing their arses off in California, I symphathize. It's almost colder there than here at the moment, come to think of it. Be strong.