A few days ago I went to buy a new camera (my old one broke) and the snow and wind was so bad, we all stopped for about ten minutes because we couldn't see much around us! Very scary! But it is also quite amazing and pretty to see so much snow - the novelty wears off after a while, I have to wake up a little earlier to check that my car isn't snowed under by a ton of snow. Most mornings I wake up to a blanket of snow over my car, which isn't too bad.
This was the first snow we had in the middle of November. It had a burst of snow and then didn't snow properly again until January. It was really early and not many people had put Winter tyres on their cars yet...
...and now, this is what I often find as I walk outside of my house in a morning!
This is the roof of my car - this snow had fallen over the space of one night! Loads more than we normally see in England!
This was a beautiful view of Akayu in Summer...
...and this is the same view of Akayu now! It's hard to believe this was once green and the climate was really hot!
But you can see some stunning views on a clear day like this! All the snow covered mountains look really amazing!
It's not all bad though! We've had a few spontaneous snowball fights, and a last weekend I went up to see Siobhan in Kaneyama (which, in the North, has A LOT more snow than in Nanyo!) and we made snowman with the masses of snow that she has around her home! It is also the season to ski/snowboard - to be honest I haven't had chance to do so yet, I'm a little bit scared about such sports - but I'll bite the bullet soon and give it a try! Promise!
Me and our snowman, Yuki! Yuki, very cleverly means 'snow' in Japanese. It is also a Japanese name! See what we did there eh?!
Siobhan is the Queen of her snowy domain!
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hi chris, my mum saw the article about you in the examiner and passed on the blog address. I'm in malaysia at the mo, but am thinking about going to japan to teach in the future, would you mind giving us some info, like who you applied through and what the schools like etc, would be nice to know from someone who is actually doing it. Jemma (Wright from school, but now Gilmour)am on facebook as Jem Gilmour or we use David Gilmour if you can get back to me. Also what you been up to?
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