Zao Now: Sunday 13th December 2020
- Dec 13, 2020
- 2 min read
Independent snow and weather reporting from the Zao region of Yamagata
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Posted on Sunday 13th December 2020 This is an archived report. The latest Zao Now report can be found here.
The car looked like sugar frosting on a cupcake this morning but, the good news is that it was extremely fluffy powder. There's a perverse enjoyment when it sort of blows off with the windscreen wiper like talcum powder with no ice underneath - maybe just me?!
As at 07:00 there was about 0.75cm (that's about a third of an inch for imperialists) but it continues to come down, albeit lightly. Would like to say that the slopes are now all white, but they're getting there. It would be nice to see it turn thicker during the day and over the next three.
Meanwhile, the ceremony yesterday was well attended by many local and prefectural dignitaries and I counted 22 bottles of Sake lined up as part of the offering to the deities. I asked where the bottles went afterwards but they were a bit coy about that!
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