Snow, Snow, Snow!

Someone recently tried to tell Brian that the last time it snowed in Yokosuka it was 1983, 25 years ago. While it certainly doesn't snow often here (our climate is like the mid-Atlantic states), I suspect that was an exaggeration. Besides, if it didn't snow often enough, why else would Japanese people need chains for their car tires?

No, I am not kidding! There were several cars with chains on the tires on the road from our house to the Navy base. Note the scant snow on the street. Since Brian is from Boston, he got a good kick out of seeing that sight.

But while in the Northeast we could barely build a snowman with the dry, ice-topped snow, this wet snow appeared to form a perfect snowman! Here Frosty poses as the traffic cop.

Amid all this winter wonderland fun, I'm slightly concerned about the fact that our neighborhood hardly accumulated any snow compared to the base, which is only about 4km away from here. I have fears that since our neighborhood is built upon landfill that there is some type of unnatural thermal energy radiating from the ground. On second thought, if that were true, my house wouldn't be so cold! It must be that we're south of the base.