A crisp and snowy walk through Nara Park

General Frost 冬将軍 gripped Japan last week.

The winter climate of  the Western Japan is usually mild

but  his attack was more intense than the one in January.

Snowfall is a rare present from heaven in Nara. 

If it snows, it’s unlikely to stay on the ground for long.

I treasured this special opportunity to take pictures of snowy Nara Park.

Deer suffer shortage of foods in winter,

especially so when the ground is covered with snow.

Some of them try to reach to the leaves, jumping and standing on their hind legs.

This is the place where people appreciate beauty in silence.

A maple leaf was hanging in there adding color.

Blossoms of “Ume”, or Japanese apricot, floral harbinger of spring, were iced.

It is interesting to see representations of different seasons intertwined.

“Kan-zakura” is winter-blooming species of cherry blossoms which blooms in February.

The colorful oil painting of autumn turned into monochromatic Indian painting.

(See Nara Park cloaked in glorious Autumn)

Yoshiki River

Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple

It felt so cold though I was bundled in the coat
armed with breath-thermo water-repelling pants and snowboots.
I heard the footsteps of Spring, however, in the midst of the snow.

See you!

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