Wednesday, February 14

11:02:00 PM

otaru snow festival.
monday.
horrible weather.
amazing day.

I went with yumi, setsuko and yuko.
the next three Japanese poster girls.

Seriously, was some of the worst weather I've seen since I've been here.
Blizzards.
me and Yumi were just plain horrified by the weather.
as you can by the look of shock on our faces.



Otaru is a gorgeous little town.
About 2 hours away from me.
And is most famous for its glass works, and its music boxes.
It was one of the cute little places in the middle of nowhere.
It had some really nice hidden away places, and the snow festival was perfect.

Spotted this girl in the biggest bookshop in Hokkaido.
10 points who can tell me the name of these types of girls.

So otaru snow festival translates from japanese as ''the gleaming otaru snow''.
It's called this because instead of going all big and fancy like sapporo, its really small, and to the point. And it works, perfectly. the river is dotted with candles. And theres small snow sculptures everywhere, all incorporating an array of colours and candles.The most popular one, a little heart dotted with candles. That saw people queuing up to have their photo taken with it.


But Otaru was definitely a fun day.
And on return, this is how Yuko's car looked.
And I was obviously the one who had to clean it all off.
so .... cold.
so .... macho.