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Kazuemachi in the Snow

Posted in Kanazawa, Photography, tagged , , , , , , , , on 2014/01/10| Leave a Comment »

Photo of Kazuemachi tea district, Kanazawa, in the snow

January 2012, Kanazawa.

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Shirakawa-go

Posted in Architecture, Gifu, Photography, Rural Life, tagged , , , , , , on 2012/01/14| 22 Comments »

I’m constantly amazed at how dramatic the landscapes are in the places I have lived since I left the Ohio River Valley. When I lived in Colorado, I spent spring and summer breaks traveling to places like Red Rocks, the Great Sand Dunes, Hot Sulphur Springs, Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Lake, and Garden of the Gods. When I decided to move back to the Midwest for grad school, I felt a sense of loss–at least until I got to Michigan and discovered how gorgeous it was. If you’ve never been to Michigan in the summer or fall, I can’t recommend it highly enough. The maple leaves, Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes, the lakeshores, the forests, the wine country in the north–even without the mountains I never wanted for beauty.

Moving to Hokuriku meant I got both the sea and the mountains, but the sea never grew on me. My old apartment was about two meters from the water, and while I had always hated the humidity, the tsunami also soured my attitude toward sea-side living. Now when I tell people in Chubu and Kansai that I live in Kanazawa, they often respond, “Oh, by the sea?”, but I live far enough inland that I can’t see it. Rather, I tend to think of Ishikawa as mountainous, with Hakusan in the south of the prefecture and the Central Alps also in the region.

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Country Living: Snow Edition

Posted in Rural Life, tagged , on 2010/01/19| 2 Comments »

In which our heroine uses her snow tires.

Day Two

I first wrote about having no heat in November. Winter is now in full gear, and not only is it cold, we had blizzard last week. The temperature outside generally hovers around -2 to 3 degrees Celsius most days in January and (apparently) February, which makes it just the right temperature for snow.

Have I mentioned that I live in one of the rainiest prefectures/towns in Japan?

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