1 February 2010

After a bitterly cold and overcast day, it was no surprise to see it snowing hard around 8pm, the first in Tokyo in nearly a year though elsewhere in the country they have had their usual heavy falls. Not for nothing is this the ski capital of Asia. The precipitation carried on until after I had gone to bed by which time it was a couple of inches deep on the quieter roads. On waking next day there was only a coating on rooves and cars though; most roads were clear bar the odd pile where it had been swept up.