Wednesday 5 December 2007

Winter has arrived!

With a strong winter front from the north currently over Japan, the temperature plummeted over night bringing a very light shower of snow to the region. The photo below shows on the left, Iiyama (pronounced ee-yama) or Mt. Ii, located about 10km north from where I live in Tojo with the mountain base being around 500 metres above sea level. The pine trees are decorated with a thin layer of snow which certainly shows that the winter snow is on it's way! The second photo shows the kouyou(autumn colours) a month ago.



Today, 5th December 2007
Mt. Ii, Tojo Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
(the mountains to the right are a little further north towards Onuka (小奴可)


7th November 2007
Mt. Ii, Tojo Town, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

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