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So the ridge looks like this. You see ice growing on the branches of the shrubs. Seeing them up close, they just look like branches decorated with sugar. Quite a bit windy and freezing.

You may think the snow thickly lies there. However, it is only half as deep as the snow-level in an average year. We have an unusually snow-less winter this season. Most ski resorts in western Japan are now weeping because they have a really tough time.

I blame El Nino for hampering Japanese ski industry. So I asked a girl who is now traveling South America to slap the waters off Peru, where El Nino is going on. We'll see how it works.