The crunch of snow, that is.
Saturday morning I awoke early to go to lunch with the local international association. When I stepped out my door, the world was covered in snow. Eventually we all met up in a cabin at the foot of a mountain, surrounded by the accoutrements of the inaka: rice fields and clumps of forest. One tuft of trees sheltered a small shrine and graveyard, evident from the bright red torii (gate) at its edge. Because everything was so picturesque, of course I didn’t have my camera with me. I suppose it will just get more and more incredible as the year continues. But of course this means the motorbike is in the garage. Oh well. You can’t have it all.
Hmm, still remember that time we saw snow for the first time in Sendai. Are you living in rural Sendai now?
Is this picture taken from your apartment?
Maybe you’ll have a white Christmas too!