Our first winter here in Misawa consisted of LOTS of snow. One of our friends has been lucky and experienced 2 mild winters so far and I’ve been meaning to show her pics of our first winter, so here they are C. Of course our first winter we didn’t yet have a snow blower and after a morning with the sidewalk pic, Mr. B decided we’d better get one. So it was great for the rest of the winter but [Read more…]
Oirase Gorge Lake Towada in the Winter
Here are pictures of Oirase Gorge in the Winter. Notice all the the waterfalls are frozen solid, there was some free flowing water in the streams but not much. Also notice how high the snow walls are from being plowed. And just a bit of warning, the rest stop at the top (Lake Towada) does not have toilet paper, you have to supply your own. Also as with most rest stops in Japan there are no paper [Read more…]