left: I dressed up as Santa for a one day English camp for elementary school children. Even though my brown hair stuck out past the edges of the hat and I looked completely ridiculous sporting a curley-Q beard and old, cheap Santa suit, the kids thought I was the real deal. It was awesome.
left: Alice, another JET in Ueda, invited me to be Santa for the day. Here we are posing with Blippy the endlessly energetic Japanese creature thing.
left: The view of the start of the Japanese Alps from the base of Togakushi Mountain
left: In the last month, over 60 people have been killed from snow-related accidents. A house can collapse under the weight of the snow if snow is not shoveled off of the roof. Here you can see the edge of a roof that has recently been shoveled and a huge snow drift that almost reaches the gutters.
left: Me driving our Suzuki M Van, a snow monster with 4 wheel drive and grippy snow tires. Cost of car: $1,700
Gas: $4.60 a gallon, 6 gallon tank
Power: None
Style: Tons
Posed in front of one of the smaller snow drifts up near the base of Togakushi
left: Col on one of the Togakushi runs
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