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14/01/2025

Sharing to you the Facebook Live I did on this day in 2024. This was the my first attempt at doing voice over on my videos. Very rare, I would say. I went out of my condo and stayed in the balcony while there’s heavy snow, trembling and doing Live until my hands could no longer hold my phone.�21 days left before the 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival!! So excited to see my favorite city abuzz with millions of tourists, both domestic and overseas. A total of 2.39 million visitors flocked the festival from February 4 to 11 last year.

POPULAR BIRCH TREES IN BIEI NO MORE 🌲🍀😭On January 14th, it was discovered that a row of birch trees popular with tourist...
14/01/2025

POPULAR BIRCH TREES IN BIEI NO MORE 🌲🍀😭
On January 14th, it was discovered that a row of birch trees popular with tourists in Biei Town, Hokkaido, had been cut down. The reason for this was apparently due to issues such as overtourism, where tourists crowd together and obstruct traffic.

In recent years, this area has been hit by a problem of "overtourism," with tourists taking photos blocking the road and trespassing on fields without permission, having a negative impact on the lives of local residents.

北海道美瑛町で1月14日、観光客に人気のシラカバ並木が伐採されていたことが分かりました。観光客が密集し通行に支障が出るオーバーツーリズムの問題などが理由だということです。

この場所では近年、写真を撮る観光客が車道をふさぎ、無断で畑に立ち入るなど住民の生活に悪影響を及ぼす「オーバーツーリズム」が問題となっています。

Source: STV News

14/01/2025

Yesterday was the start of classes for the third term here in Japan. But I had no class since there was an opening ceremony during the first period and exams after. Everyone was in the school gymnasium from 9:00am to 9:30am. As usual, students carried their own chairs from their respective homeroom classes. The same orderliness, diligence, cleanliness, punctuality, and formality the Japanese are known for. For a while I kept on thinking how can they achieve this, especially on being time conscious.

One important factor is the speech. Here, speeches are limited to 3-5 minutes. They read from their prepared scripts. No impromptu or ad libs. Everything is in Japanese. No need to use highfalutin words or idioms in the target language just to impress the audience. Where I’ve come from, some speeches can last for an hour. Others, especially the higher ups, or worse, the politicians, talk endlessly never minding if the audience gets bored and hungry. I also noticed a while ago that only the principal and the vice principal took a seat on the sides. All teachers just stood up, sometimes walking silently monitoring their homeroom students. When a student slouched or fell asleep, the teacher approached them and gently tapped their backs. The ceremony was very simple. At 9:30, the program was finished. On the dot.

Students didn’t have afternoon classes. After taking school lunch (kyushoku) at 12:45pm, they cleaned their dishes including the classrooms. The assigned groups cleaned the hallways, dishwashing areas, toilets, and other important areas of the school. They left the campus by 1:30; teachers remained.

The big window curtains in the faculty office were replaced. Since we don’t have a janitor, we did it ourselves. It’s so fun to see all teachers in formal suits remove the shoes and climb the railings. The vice principal took the initiative to look for a ladder. Both male and female, young and old, heads and subordinates, took part. In a few minutes, the task was done and our office now looks clean.

Talk about responsibility, accountability, and teamwork.

This is sad. 😔😭The Instagrammable line of white birch trees near the popular “Seven Stars Tree” in Biei town is going to...
14/01/2025

This is sad. 😔😭
The Instagrammable line of white birch trees near the popular “Seven Stars Tree” in Biei town is going to be chopped down possibly by the end of January this year.

22 days to go before the start of the 75th Sapporo Snow Festival, who’s coming? Japan’s biggest winter event is schedule...
13/01/2025

22 days to go before the start of the 75th Sapporo Snow Festival, who’s coming? Japan’s biggest winter event is scheduled on February 4-11, 2025. A fantastic world of snow and ice is waiting for you.

Introducing the Ice Queens for Susukino Ice World 2025 — Tsukiashi Karua from Club Suzukane and Sumeragi Nia from Lounge Kuroneko. They will be appearing at the venue several times during Ice World for photo shoots, so look forward to it!

#北海道 #北海道観光 #北海道旅行 #写真 #北海道ラボ #観光 #北の大地 #日本 #日本語 #札幌市 #写真好きな人と繋がりたい #さっぽろ雪まつり

| has issued a advisory to residents after an with a magnitude of 6.9 struck Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu regio...
13/01/2025

| has issued a advisory to residents after an with a magnitude of 6.9 struck Miyazaki Prefecture in Kyushu region in the country on Monday, January 13, 2025, according to news agencies.

Mount Fuji 🇯🇵 Mount Mayon 🇵🇭
13/01/2025

Mount Fuji 🇯🇵 Mount Mayon 🇵🇭

Winter in Hokkaido with these lovely girls ❄️☃️👧Thanks for visiting me in Sapporo all the way from Kyoto, Osaka, and Shi...
13/01/2025

Winter in Hokkaido with these lovely girls ❄️☃️👧
Thanks for visiting me in Sapporo all the way from Kyoto, Osaka, and Shizuoka.

Locations:
☃️ Odori Park & Sapporo TV Tower
☃️ Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival
☃️ Sapporo Beer Garden
☃️ Makomanai Takino Reien

I’m an NPA — No Permanent Address.My second home is the airport.
12/01/2025

I’m an NPA — No Permanent Address.
My second home is the airport.

Japan visa processing may now take TWO MONTHS, not just seven working days! This notice comes direct from the website of...
11/01/2025

Japan visa processing may now take TWO MONTHS, not just seven working days! This notice comes direct from the website of the Embassy of Japan in the Philippines.

I already booked my flights and hotel accommodation for this trip last year, so these should not count as expenses for t...
11/01/2025

I already booked my flights and hotel accommodation for this trip last year, so these should not count as expenses for this year, right? RIGHT!

STRONGEST COLD WAVE OF THE SEASONHeavy snow and blizzards hit the Japanese archipelago. Due to the influence of winter a...
10/01/2025

STRONGEST COLD WAVE OF THE SEASON

Heavy snow and blizzards hit the Japanese archipelago. Due to the influence of winter atmospheric pressure patterns and strong cold air above, heavy snow will fall from January 9th to January 10th, mainly on the Sea of Japan side of Honshu, not only along the mountains but also on the plains.

A heavy snow warning has been issued for Aomori Prefecture, and snowfall exceeded 4 meters on January 2nd in Sukayu in the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori Prefecture, and in some places in Tohoku, snowfall has reached nearly 2 meters.

The amount of snow that fell in the 24 hours up to 5:00 a.m. on January 9th was:
Shirakawa Village, Gifu Prefecture: 50 cm
Nishiaizu Town, Fukushima Prefecture: 48 cm
Morimon, Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture: 45 cm.

As the cold air flows into Western Japan, snow will accumulate even in Shikoku and Kyushu, which do not usually get much snow.
The amount of snow expected to fall in the 24 hours up to the morning of January 10th is as follows:
80cm in Niigata Prefecture,
70cm in Tohoku, Hokuriku, and Gifu Prefectures,
60cm in Hokkaido and Chugoku,
50cm in Kinki,
40cm in Nagano and Yamaguchi Prefectures,
30cm in northern Kanto,
30cm in Shikoku,
10cm in northern Kyushu.

In addition, very strong winds will blow from the sea on the Sea of Japan side of northern and western Japan, causing blizzards and reducing visibility.
The maximum instantaneous wind speed expected through January 10th is 30 to 35 meters per second.

大雪、猛吹雪に見舞われる日本列島：

冬型の気圧配置と上空の強い寒気の影響で、1月9日から1月10日にかけて本州の日本海側を中心に山沿いのみならず平地でも大雪となる。

青森県は大雪警報が発令され、青森県八甲田山系の酸ケ湯では1月2日に積雪が4メートル超え、東北では積雪が2メートル近くになっている所が出ている。

1月9日午前5時までの24時間に降った雪の量は、
岐阜県白川村：50センチ、
福島県西会津町：48センチ、
新潟県魚沼市守門：45センチ。

寒気が西日本にも流れ込むため、ふだん雪が多くない四国や九州でも積もる。
1月10日朝までの24時間に降る雪の量は、
新潟県80センチ、
東北、北陸、岐阜県70センチ、
北海道、中国地方60センチ、
近畿50センチ、
長野県、山口県40センチ、
関東北部30センチ。
四国30センチ、
九州北部10センチ。

更に北日本から西日本の日本海側では海上を中心に非常に強い風が吹き、吹雪となって見通しが悪くなる。
1月10日にかけて予想される最大瞬間風速は30メートルから35メートル。

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10/01/2025

Blizzard and heavy snow warnings have been issued for some areas in Hokkaido. Due to the extreme weather, continue to exercise caution until Jan. 10th. There is a possibility of road closures and public transportation may be affected.

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New Year (shogatsu) is one of the most important holidays in Japan. It has been a tradition for people to go to shrines ...
03/01/2025

New Year (shogatsu) is one of the most important holidays in Japan. It has been a tradition for people to go to shrines to pray in the beginning of a new year, and it's called "hatsumode." They visit the shrine or temple on the first, second or third day to make wishes for the New Year.

The most popular and biggest "hatsumode" place in the northernmost prefecture is the Hokkaido Shrine located inside Maruyama Park in Sapporo City. It attracts several million people during the said three days, both Shinto believers and tourists.

As a foreigner living in this dynamic highly-urbanized city that promotes multicultural coexistence, I'm so happy to be given this opportunity to witness this kind of festivities. There is so much to be learned about the Japanese culture.

Akemash*te omedetou gozaimasu.
あけましておめでとうございま
Happy New Year!

Season’s greetings to you and your loved ones from the Philippines to wherever you are! May the holidays bring peace, lo...
31/12/2024

Season’s greetings to you and your loved ones from the Philippines to wherever you are! May the holidays bring peace, love, and joy to you in 2025.

27/12/2024

This year’s New Year’s holidays total 9 days from Dec 28 to Jan 5, 2025. What’s your plan? Where are you spending the long break?

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Blizzard Warning in Sapporo
Blizzard Warning in Sapporo

Sharing to you the Facebook Live I did on this day in 2024. This was the my first attempt at doing voice over on my videos. Very rare, I would say. I went out of my condo and stayed in the balcony while there’s heavy snow, trembling and doing Live until my hands could no longer hold my phone.�21 days left before the 2025 Sapporo Snow Festival!! So excited to see my favorite city abuzz with millions of tourists, both domestic and overseas. A total of 2.39 million visitors flocked the festival from February 4 to 11 last year.

Who's excited for a direct flight Manila-Sapporo via Cebu Pacific Air? Maiden flight is on January 16, 2025.

Tag or mention friends you want to take with you to Japan this year. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒✈️🇯🇵

Who’s going to Hokkaido to witness the 75th Sapporo Snow Festival and other winter attractions?

The mental health walk I desperately need

May this be the only baggage you deal with in 2025.

Here’s to more flights and adventures this 2025 ✈️🌎🗺️

🎆 Happy New Year 2025! 🎇 Wishing you a year filled with happiness, adventure, and unforgettable memories! Here’s to making 2025 the best year yet. 🥂✨ #firstpost #2025 #newyear #countdown

☃️Hokkaido is susceptible to cold weather during the New Year holidays, so preparing for snow is important. ☃️Check the latest information regularly as there’s a possibility of blizzards, snowdrifts, and heavy snow that can disrupt traffic. ☃️Make sure to stay safe and avoid accidents while clearing snow. - a friendly reminder from Hokkaido International Exchange and Cooperation Center

Bikes buried in snow 🚲❄️🚳 Sapporo after a sever snow storm on 01/16/2024. The city got over 30cm of snow overnight.

High-end shopping in Tokyo's most glamorous shopping district 📌: Ginza, Chuo City, Tokyo 🇯🇵🛍️🛒 #hermes #louisvuitton #gucci #celine #dior #prada #fendi #longchamp #ysl #valentino #ferragamo #rimowa #loewe #versace #katespade #chanel #balenciaga #luxurybrand #shopping #ginza #tokyo #japan @topfans

Gotta squeeze in that one important trip to Japan before doing the 2024 Travel Recap ✈️🇯🇵

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