When a chunk of snow starts to fall off a roof here in the snow country of Minamiuonuma, sometimes you can hear a few distinctive…
In the past, it was often necessary to manually remove the snow from roofs that were not adequately slanted. You can still see some houses…
Mt. Hakkai (Hakkaisan 八海山) and the surrounding area are blanketed in snow in Minamiuonuma, Niigata, Japan. There are red and yellow striped poles intermittently installed…
Although regular snow plow trucks sometimes are used in Minamiuonuma in areas such as narrow roads, often they are not suitable for the heavy snowfall…
The Minamiuonuma region in Niigata, Japan is known for its heavy snowfall and also for its numerous hot springs. Thanks to the warm or tepid…
The first big snowfall of the season! Time to make a little snowman!
Mt. Hakkai (Hakkaisan 八海山) is covered with snow and is looking really beautiful. The smaller hills surrounding Mt. Hakkai still have some Autumn foliage but…
A variety of snow shovels (雪かきスコップ) are necessary for life here in the Minamiuonuma snow country. Here are three of our colorful shovels, in different…
The first snowfall of the season was visible on the peaks of some of the nearby mountains on October 18th. The summits are often blocked…