We've been hearing a great deal of news about cold weather all around the world but it finally hit us here in Kamakura yesterday. We had one day of very heavy snow which of course seemed to have thrown everyone into chaos! Rush hour started at 4PM and by 8PM (when I had to catch my train back from my teaching which is usually mid-rush hour) there was hardly anyone at the station in Shinjuku! I've never seen Shinjuku station so empty! (The equivalent of Shinjuku in London would be Piccadilly Circus,in New York,Times Square!)

I always think though that Kamakura is at it's most beautiful when it snows. The train took over 2 hours to get back from Tokyo (it normally takes only one) but I was looking forward to walking back home in the snow. It was dead quiet and no one was around but Japan is so safe that I had no worries and it was,as I imagined,absolutely beautiful.