[Sasaki]

We had much snow over Tokyo area today. This is uncommon in these years. The area was covered with white veil in one day.
I took my camera and I went out to take white images of the winter.

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This is a field museum to exhibits Japanese traditional houses. The house has been moved from all over Japan. This is the nice place to take snow pictures.

The house in the left covered with bundles of straw to prevent snow.
Te straw is also used to make several traditional goods.
In below pictures, they are making Snow boots from the straw.

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I enjoyed this surprise gift but freezing cold..

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