I don't think anyone would call it the “blizzard of '05” but the other day Kyoto certainly did get more snow than normal. It tended to come in heavily, and then be bright and crisp, and repeat. Here are two shots I happened to take an hour and a half apart, of the main gate of the Heian Shrine, as seen from my veranda:
1:20pm |
2:55pm |
“Fill amply, stores hermetically”
The makers of these kitchen storage containers have in all probability already been sued by SCO (the lawsuit-happy company that uses a “UnixWare” trademark).
I'd had the impression that Kyoto didn't get much snow, but we got a few inches yesterday and quite a bit more today. Fumie's mom said that she doesn't remember this much snow in Kyoto since when she was a kid.
When I brought Anthony to playcare, I had only my cell phone camera, but snapped a few pictures.
Sanjo St., near Higashioji St.
Arriving at playcare |
Wow, there's a lot of snow! |
Poor scooterist trying to stay upright. The road was extremely icy.
The standard “looking south from the livingroom” shot.
By now it's all melted, but our area of Kyoto got its first real snow accumulation of the season this past weekend. We got a few flakes earlier in the month, but today we got about an inch or two (while it looks like the northern part of the city got quite a bit more).
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View of the garden below my livingroom window
after our first snow accumulation this season | |
Before |
One hour (and four-year-old twins) later |
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| Anthony certainly enjoyed the snow |
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Two views of the same area, eight months apart
although from somewhat different angles | |
Now |
Last April |
The snowman built by the four-year-old twins living below us, and their mom. (Snowmen in Japan use only two snowballs, as opposed to three in America.) |
Resilient flowers peeking out from under the snow. |
As I said, it's all gone now.... except the snowman, who still stands, although a bit worse for wear. It's supposed to snow a bit tonight and tomorrow. We'll see.... (update: here and here)
Every year, Rohm Corporation puts on an “Illumination” display — lots of holiday lights — at their corporate headquarters in Kyoto near the Jusco Diamond City. It's really quite nice.
Even from the parking lot, it's quite pretty.
A fairly isolated tree on the north side of the parking lot, and its reflection in the top of my car.
It's nice to walk around, or, since it's on city streets, just drive through. We did both.
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It continues through Christmas night.