Snow Season Begins in Japan

From 'Snow Season Japan' blog...

"The first snowfall for the 2009/2010 winter season has arrived on the Hakuba peaks. Hakuba usually sees it’s first snowfall around the middle of October each season, so it’s bang on time. Everything is looking very promising
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"In Japanese, we call the first snow is called Hatsuyuki, Hatsu meaning ‘first’ and Yuki meaning ’snow’"

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