Snow!

There was so much snow, that if you left your bike out, it was pretty much covered up...in some places the snow was over waist deep (for me...for normal people it was probably about thigh level).

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February 7-12: Let's enjoy Yuki Matsuri!!!

February 18th 2008
A couple of weeks ago, I went to the Yuki Matsuri in Sapporo, Hokkaido with the Kinokawa-Iwade Kazoku on a trip arranged by the Kyoto JET coordinators. Let’s enjoy reminiscing! Japanese vocabulary yuki: snow nenkyuu: paid vacation leave kazoku: family hikouki: plane kouen: park yuki daruma: snowman samui: cold kani: c ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hokkaido » Sapporo

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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