January 23, 2006

The snow here is interesting.  Or rather, the Japanese attitude towards cold and snow is interesting.  Back home, we dress for the weather.  When it's raining, we wear more jackets, particularly water proof ones.  When it's snowing, we don't continue to wear miniskirts.  Snow removal is interesting as well.  Today, I saw kids outside the school,  hacking away at the sheet of ice that is the school parking lot. They don't seem to have a concept of rock salt.  They send people out to chip away at the ice.  At the bank today, there was a guy out front in a suit with a hammer, whacking away at the sheet of ice in front of the bank.