March 11, 2011
Fuwa Fuwa snow in Tokyo!
On my balcony, in the process of transporting snow.
During the evening on February 14, it snowed a lot in Arakawa-ku. It looked like there were deep piles of snow everywhere!
I was very happy since it was actually my first time to see snow. Where I used to live in California, it never snowed except for in the mountains. My family told me I had seen snow when I was young but it was too long ago for me to remember.
Since I was so curious, after my sister returned home from work and told me that the snow had piled up on the ground, I quickly ran out with my camera and started taking pictures.
I even made a deformed snowman and a woman that passed by looked at me weirdly.
After 30 minutes of playing in the snow, when I got back to our apartment, I secretly gathered up the snow that was sitting on the top of the balcony wall and piled it up at the base of our front door.
The next morning, all the snow melted, which was very disappointing but I knew it would snow again later or next year. On March 7th it actually snowed for almost the whole day but I didn't take any pictures. I'm very glad I was able to see snow and I'm looking forward to the next time.
Evelyn
My poor deformed snowman.