Wah, what's that...SNOW! ^^
this morning was really crazy.
I woke up much more earlier, than I'm used to...because of a loud and strange noise outside.
Thought to myself "What's that? I know that noise...but couldn't be.".
When I lived with my parents as a child, I was used to that sound in winter.
So many winterdays, my father had to stand up earlier, to go out and do snow shovelling in front of our house.
And this morning, I heared the same noise!
"I'm in Tokyo, that can't be." I thought, but was too curious, to sleep longer.
So I opened the window...
"Oh my god.", I said to me. ^^
Snow and much ice was on the street and my neighbour was snow shovelling and ice scratching in front of his house. ^^
For some of our guests - they are from Australia - it was the first time, to see snow in their life.
Tomoyuki-san made some pictures around the area last night...just look. Crazy, right! ^^
For me, it was not much snow, but a big surprise, to have snow here.
And I think, it was a big surprise for many Japanese here in Tokyo, too, because snow is seldom here in Tokyo (one or two times a year maximum). ^^
Where my parents live and I've lived (in Bavaria, South Germany), until I moved to Berlin, snow in the winter is a totally normal thing.
There's so much snow in the winter, that we often do cross-country skiing in the area around the house. ^^
As a child, I've always enjoyed to go sledding around some small hills.
And we did ice skating on the ponds, as you can see on the following picture (yes, that's in front of my families house). ^^
But here in Japan, it's really somehow strange for me...because this winter was so mild, sun was always shining and the temperature was the most time around 5 to 10 degrees. ^^
This morning, I had to watch on my steps, not to slip away on the street. That was somehow funny, made some crazy stepdance two times :D
At the moment, the sun is shining and almost all the snow and ice is melted away. ^^
So, I don't think, that we could end like that. ^^
That's between Nagano and Toyama. It's called Tateyama. Really fascinating, right...and so much snow! ^^
Only on the rooftops you can see the evidence - we had snow here in Tokyo! ^^
That's really cool, as you can say! ^^
Sakura Hostel Asakusa
Address: 2-24-2 Asakusa Taito-ku, Tokyo
tel +81-3-3847-8111
fax +81-3-3847-8112
e-mail: info@sakura-hostel.co.jp
URL: http://www.sakura-hostel.co.jp/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/SakuraHotelTokyo
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/asakusa_hostel