It starts snowing and my brain goes into survival mode. My t-shirt reads “I survived Snowmageddon”, but snow is as alien to me as a South African in an izakaya*. 2p5j22
We don’t get snow in South Africa—at least that’s what I tell people—but speaking for myself, it’s more that we don’t “get” snow.
Snow is the white stuff we spray on shop windows at Christmas time, when we’re heading to the beach to surf and escape the heat. So, if you’re as new to the falling white stuff as I once was, here are some of the things I’ve learned during my five years in Japan.
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* izakaya: Japanese pub.