This weekend was Golden Week here in Japan, a series of public holidays which meant we 'enjoyed' a four day weekend as both Friday and today were days off. Given the weather though 'enjoyment' was hard to come by and in truth 'Pissy Wet Winter Week' would have been more apt. Since early last week we have had unseasonably cold temperatures with highs here in Muroran barely touching 6 degrees. Mind you in comparison to Obihiro, in the center of Hokkaido, we are positively balmy here. Or rather, I am positively balmy. Sanae and Cian went to Obihiro to visit Sanae's mother over the weekend and really, should have brought their skis. This morning they woke up to this:
At midday the temperature in Obihiro was 1.9 degrees and the snow was still falling. According to this evening's weather forecast, the mercury in Japan's arctic is due to fall to minus 4 tonight.
Minus freaking four! And this is the 6th of May which, according to the Augustinian calendar, is the sixth day of summer. No wonder Japan has remained a resilient unchristian country.
Daddy, meanwhile stayed in Muroran 'working' and, ahem, catching my first waves of 2013, but you'll just have to read about that in 'Mad Hairy Bastard Surfing Magazine'.
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