{"id":5105,"date":"2017-04-03T17:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2017-03-31T00:44:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:44:54","slug":"%e5%88%9d%e9%9b%aa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/en\/2017\/04\/03\/%e5%88%9d%e9%9b%aa\/%20","title":{"rendered":"My first snow experience in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><u><\/u>Hi, I\u2019m YU. For this time, I\u2019d like to write about my first snow experience in Japan.<br \/>\nI was so lucky that Hiroshima had the heaviest snow fall in 33 years!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it snow in Taiwan?\u201d<br \/>\nYes, but it snows once or twice a year.<br \/>\nBUT!<br \/>\nYou have to climb up the mountain over 3,000 meters above sea level to see the snow. \u00a0Every time it snows in Taiwan, it is picked up by a newspaper, on the TV and the Internet! Many people drive their cars all night to go to see the snow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4822\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7276\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7276.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hehuanshan was like this in March, 2016.\u00a0 You have to go there in advance to see the snow falling.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4820\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7274\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7274.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This is the only snow blower in Taiwan.\u00a0 It starts working when it gets 5 centimeters of snow!<br \/>\nIt is on the news and attracts many people\u2019s attention!\u00a0 (It seems like a national treasure.\uff09<br \/>\nMost Taiwanese can\u2019t imagine what the snow is like.<br \/>\n\u201cShaved ice\u201d is the only thing that I can think of. (lol)<br \/>\nI looked at the snow, touched it and stepped on it in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>I was genuinely touched by the snow and thought<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Earth is wonderful!\u00a0 Beautiful shaved ice is drifting down\u2026!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed the many different aspects of the snow for 4 days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-January 13<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cRain mixed with snow\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nOn the way home from work, it rained mixed with snow in the night on January 13<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4830\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7284\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7284.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The white snow flew really fast.<br \/>\nI opened my mouth to catch the snow while riding my bicycle.<br \/>\nIt was like shaved ice.\u00a0 (lol)<br \/>\nIt was wet snow, but I didn\u2019t get wet.<br \/>\nI thought that my shoes definitely got wet if it was the normal rain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-January 14<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cSoft snow\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4826\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7280-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7280\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7280-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7280-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7280-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4827\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7281-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7281\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7281-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7281-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7281-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The soft snow flew the next day.<br \/>\nI live in Ushitashinmachi.<br \/>\nIt is windy because the place where I live is close to the mountains.<br \/>\nThe snow was blown by the wind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-January 15<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cCovered with snow\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4821\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7275-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7275\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7275-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7275-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7275-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When I opened the door in the morning, it was a completely different world.<br \/>\nIt was luxurious to see the snow-covered town from my bed.<br \/>\nI felt that I never got tired of watching the snow all day long.<br \/>\nThe snow was light and it was like fresh shaved ice.<br \/>\nIt fell apart at once when I touched it.<br \/>\nIt was a surprise for me because I thought the snow was much harder.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I had to go to work in the afternoon on that day.\u00a0 Before going to work, I asked myself.<br \/>\n\u201cDo I have to take my umbrella?\u201d \u201cDo I have to put on my boots so that I won\u2019t get wet in the snow?\u201d<br \/>\nI was unable to make a quick decision.\u00a0 But I think I made the right decision!\u00a0 I put on my boots!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4828\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7282-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7282\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7282-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7282-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7282-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nIt was Sunday and there were children making a snowman in front of their house and throwing snowballs.\u00a0 It was nothing special for Japanese people, but it was like a clip from a movie for me.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4829\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7283-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7283\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7283-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7283-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7283.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4824\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7278-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7278\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7278-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7278-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7278.jpg 1329w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>-January 16<sup>th<\/sup> \u201cThe snow is drifting down\u201d<\/strong><br \/>\nI had to go to work at 7 in the morning, so I woke up early on that day.\u00a0 (Work, work, work\u2026)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4823\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7277-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7277\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7277-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7277-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7277-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hondori was like this at 6:30 in the morning.<br \/>\nThe snow in Hiroshima city and Ushitashinmachi was slightly different.<br \/>\nIt wasn\u2019t windy and the snow flew slowly in Hiroshima city.<br \/>\nThe morning sky of Hondori was dark and the streetlights were still on.<br \/>\nThe snow flew between the buildings and on the ceiling of the arcade of Hondori.<br \/>\nThe snow lit by the streetlights remains strong in my thought even now.<br \/>\nI thought this was the most beautiful snow ever.<br \/>\nI wish I had more time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>-In conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4825\" src=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7279-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7279\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7279-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7279-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/IMG_7279-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sun rose in the afternoon of 16<sup>th<\/sup>,<br \/>\nso the snow went away completely in just two days.<br \/>\nI had the most incredible time in my life.<br \/>\nI thought the weather gradually changes from the snow to the clear and sunny sky like \u201csnow =&gt; rain =&gt; cloudy =&gt; fine weather =&gt; clear and sunny,\u201d but it wasn\u2019t.<br \/>\nIt was \u201csnow =&gt; clear and sunny!\u201d\u00a0 I was surprised at the quickness of the change in weather.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a saying that \u201cweather affects your mood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I think this is true.<br \/>\nNormally, people are in a good mood when it\u2019s sunny, right?<br \/>\nHow do you feel when it\u2019s snowing?<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re expecting snow this Friday again!<br \/>\nI\u2019m going to have snow topped with condensed milk next time (lol).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, I\u2019m YU. For this time, I\u2019d like to write about my first snow experience in Japan. I was so lucky that Hiroshima had the heaviest snow fall in 33 years! \u201cDoes it snow in Taiwan?\u201d Yes, but it snows once or twice a year. BUT! You have to climb up the mountain over 3,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4821,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_locale":"en_US","_original_post":"4818","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5106,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5105\/revisions\/5106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/evergreenhostel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}