For a place that isn't supposed to have much snow, this year has been pretty exceptional. It snowed last weekend and it started to snow again today. This time, we weren't at home when it started because we were out last night and we had to take the train back this morning. This meant that we had the unusual experience of seeing trains run really late.
We didn't exactly plan our departure and just took trains as they arrived so we didn't really know when all of them were supposed to show up (also, some of the signs weren't displaying the times which is unusual). daid noticed that something was off at some of the platforms (like a the absence of times on the signs) and I noticed that it seemed to be a lot louder than usual because of the live overhead announcements (the typical announcements are pre-recorded and quieter).
At one of our transfers, I noticed that the train was seven minutes late because the time was actually displayed (this is unusual for Tokyo) and then just before our station, we had to sit on the tracks for 10 minutes.
The good thing about sitting on the train for 10 minutes while it's stopped is that you can see the other train tracks and you can marvel at how the train had to stop when there is absolutely no snow on any of them.
Anyway, I did learn one good use for carrying an umbrella when it's snowing: If you want to shake the snow off a tree (which you might since some of the trees around here are not the kind accustomed to losing their leaves in the fall) then having an umbrella in hand means that you're not going to dump snow on yourself when you do so.
In closing, here is a photo of someone trying to shove his bicycle through the snow.
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| It probably seemed like a good idea at the time. |
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