I have actually sort of given up hope on seeing snow in Hamamatsu, and planned to go to nearby Nagano to catch snow. But when all hope seemed avail, I started to see tweets and facebook updates by fellow JETters that they have sighted snow in Hamamatsu! Different areas of Hamamatsu, Tenryu, Sakuma, downtown Hamamatsu, etc. So excitedly, I decided to stalk snow for the night. It was 10pm last night.
And I waited by my full-length window, off the lights, so that I could catch the snowflakes in the darkness better. And waited... and grew impatient...
I lost my battle to the sandman eventually, and left for bed at 11pm. Yes, I merely waited an hour. Bah.
The next morning, I woke up at 8am plus, a first since winter came, as I was very curious of the weather this morning. Luckily I woke up early, there's some leftover snow in my neighbour's fields!
It soon melted in an hour or so under the morning's sun.
Snow left outside my house when I left my house to do some grocery-shopping.
After I stepped out of the supermarket, boy, was I ecstatic. It was snowing, briefly. Very light snowflakes, which melted before it touches ground. But still, it's snowflakes. :)
And so, I decided to try my luck at an onsen. For all you know, I may be able to fulfill my long-time dream of enjoying an outdoor onsen while it snows.
I went to 八扇の湯. And indeed, it snowed. A teeny weeny bit. The flakes melted before they reach the onsen surface. I did manage to catch a frozen dandelion seed though while I was enjoying the outdoor onsen pool. :D
So... this is the report of the first snow sighting in Japan since I came 5-6 months ago. :)
And it's kinda of amusing to read through my tweets for the past 12hours too.
