According to the official statistics from the Minamiuonuma City office, the total snowfall here this winter was 1279 centimeters (42 feet). (December 1, 2021 –…
It had been quite a while since I had been jolted to attention by the piercing, shrill alarm coming from a mobile phone, indicating that…
A magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on March 16, 2022. About one year ago, there also was a similarly strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake in…
Last month, I posted about burying vegetables in the snow to preserve them. The original post can be seen ▷ here. As mentioned in the…
It has been quite a snowy winter. Although it does snow in March, overall the days are gradually getting warmer as spring approaches. Be that…
After snowing every day for more than a week… And shoveling and clearing snow more times than I can keep track of… It was nice…
The region continues to be blanketed in a deep cover of beautiful snow. As the cute little snowperson icon indicates in the clip below, the…
Living in snow country during the winter can be hard work. It can snow for days on end. And then some. But on the rare…
Here in snow country in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan, what does the scenery look like at the peak of winter, on the snowiest of days, when…
Nature provides her own refrigerator during the winter here in the snow country in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan. The Minamiuonuma region is known for its heavy…