Syonara Snow

Well it snowed all day yesterday....but today dawned bright and incredibly sunny - though very, VERY cold!

That's what I love about winter in Japan though - it's so dry! In New Zealand it just rains and rains and rains, but here is so beautifully crisp and sunny - it's the summer time when we get the rain here!

It's so cool to be able to enjoy snow without it being annoying though. I can imagine if you have to shovel your driveway everyday it's charm would wear off pretty quick, but walking to work today was just great :)

Lots of parents were out taking their fascinated children for walks and i felt like a child myself strolling along mesmerised by the difference in everything.

It's just so weird to see the places you see everyday suddenly covered in snow. Usually I go TO the snow you know, but to have it around on the shop corners and covering all the neighbours cars that I walk past everyday is just so STRANGE!

It's even weirder when I get an email from home (NZ) the same day saying it's really hot and muggy :)

Anyway I've put the pics on the bebo website if you want to see my neighbourhood in the winter.

Take care,
Fernleaf