Snowkyo!

A very short post today: just wanted to put up some pictures of the weather earlier this week (an odd thing to say but I blame the fact that I'm British for being a little bit obsessed with the weather here). It started raining around lunchtime on Monday and it got heavier and heavier until nightfall, when it was cold enough to turn into snow. Proper, thick, clumpy snow. Simon was so excited he insisted we went for a walk round the block at 10pm to get the full experience. It was freezing and very beautiful!

Outside our apartment building

Sotobori-dori

Steps up to Hie Jinja

Main shrine at Hie Jinja

Hie Jinja entrance gate

Tuesday morning - icing sugar all over the city

That's it for today but fear not, I'm saving up more to have a splurge in the near future. Simon's sister, her husband and their 9-month-old son are currently staying with us and I've been having lots of fun with them re-discovering Tokyo from the point of view of a small child. It's actually turning out to be a pretty baby-friendly city for the most part, something that I have to admit I'm quite surprised by. Details of our adventures will be forthcoming soon.

またね!