On the 14th, when it became a white Valentine's Day, not a White Christmas.
In Tokyo, Chuo-ku, which is relatively difficult to accumulate snow, also slightly covered snow.
The photo shows the snow scene of Tsukuda Park taken from my balcony.
＊As you may know, the lighthouse with an Edo-style design in the photo is actually a public toilet.
By the way, what I would like you to remember on such a snowy day is the phrase of playwright Shuji Hojo, "If it snows, Tsukuda is an old Edo island." The monument of this phrase walks a little from Sumiyoshi-jinja Shirine to the Sumida River, and stands in a corner where three Tsukudani shops are gathered.
If it snows next time (of course it doesn't fall), please come and see this stone monument.
As an aside, Hudson, which flows west of Manhattan Island in New York, often freezes in winter (flood ice flows from the north). On the other hand, the East River, which flows on the east side, does not freeze. The reason is that the water of East River is salty seawater. Even in the extremely cold winter on the East Coast, the East River was not frozen and ships could enter and exit, so Manhattan Island flourished in trade for hundreds of years. The Sumida River is also near the estuary, so there is no need to worry about freezing, and there may be some reason why it flourished as the cornerstone of water trade and transportation in Edo. However, even in the Edo period, which is presumed to have been much colder than it is now, it would not have been enough to freeze the river.
