14th of January, 2013. When I woke up and looked out of my window, I was stunned to see this scenery.
![View from my room](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8379677239_cb3e466a5b.jpg)
![Wakeijuku courtyard covered in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8380758170_02c55c5dc9.jpg)
There was a storm when I went to sleep, but I didn't expect it to become one of the heaviest snowfalls in decades at Tokyo! (The last time I saw anything like this was February 1, 2010, but looking at those photos again, I realized it's nothing close to what I saw today!) Snow in Tokyo is a rarity. I never would have thought that exactly one week after coming back from Kanazawa and Snow Country, I would witness even more snow here!
![Wakeijuku faces the snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8379676769_5b493b430f.jpg)
![View from the kitchen](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8380757732_57b29be5ed.jpg)
![Snow scenery through kitchen window](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8380817892_a567d5d06c.jpg)
![Trees covered i snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8379736325_d46ab5a0bc.jpg)
I wanted to know what other familiar places of Tokyo would look like in the snow, so I went out.
![Back entrance of Wakeijuku in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8380816902_40f8edcdec.jpg)
Down the slopes that I walk almost everyday. I almost slipped.
![Slippery slopes](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8380757434_f69fc9a4a9.jpg)
![Slippery slope outside Wakeijuku](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8380816156_742925a606.jpg)
![Slippery slope outside Wakeijuku 2](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8380815622_24eb06cde1.jpg)
And past the Kanda river that I cross all the time. It had appeared in my short film, INHALATION before, during the cherry blossoms period.
![Kanda river covered in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8380757228_a87e66af3c.jpg)
![Snow-covered Kanda river](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8236/8379675775_a690fedd3d.jpg)
To Waseda University.
![Waseda in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8380756844_4b53cdafc0.jpg)
![Guy walking dramatically past the Okuma Hall of Waseda University](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8380815116_431aa02872.jpg)
And then, I looked at the statue of Shigenobu Okuma, founder of Waseda.
![Okuma statue feeling the chills](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8380756228_697b44b12a.jpg)
![Okuma Bronze statue feels cold](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8379733409_de5e54d08b.jpg)
After that I headed towards nearby Ana Hachimangu shrine.
![Ana-Hachimangu shrine at Waseda](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380755930_cf30323f54.jpg)
They were preparing for a festival. But those stalls were all swallowed by the snow.
![Shoveling the snow at Ana-Hachimangu](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8380813586_64967db412.jpg)
![Ana-Hachimangu in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8379731905_3100775f60.jpg)
Then I went to Roppongi. Once I was at Roppongi Hills, the winds were strong. I didn't wear any gloves (so I could operate the camera and iPhone properly), my hands were in pain.
![Even Roppongi Hills is filled with snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8380755680_e2c8e5a5da.jpg)
![Roppongi in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8379674249_5957a7f59a.jpg)
![Roppongi in snow 2](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380755120_73e7583a6d.jpg)
The blizzards were so strong that I lost three umbrellas.
The sun was setting, everything was a white blur, I thought I could get a nice view of Tokyo Tower and the city landscape from Roppongi Hills, but I couldn't see anything.
In the end I was back in familiar Shinjuku. Of course, it looked alien with all the snow. But lovely at the same time.
![Shinjuku in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380754854_ea9c9c3960.jpg)
![Shinjuku station east exit in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8380754578_92899d6e50.jpg)
![Shinjuku became a snow-covered winter wonderland](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8380754254_a026b8d380.jpg)
![Shinjuku in snow!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8380812394_a3ba08f637.jpg)
![View from my room](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8379677239_cb3e466a5b.jpg)
![Wakeijuku courtyard covered in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8074/8380758170_02c55c5dc9.jpg)
There was a storm when I went to sleep, but I didn't expect it to become one of the heaviest snowfalls in decades at Tokyo! (The last time I saw anything like this was February 1, 2010, but looking at those photos again, I realized it's nothing close to what I saw today!) Snow in Tokyo is a rarity. I never would have thought that exactly one week after coming back from Kanazawa and Snow Country, I would witness even more snow here!
![Wakeijuku faces the snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8364/8379676769_5b493b430f.jpg)
![View from the kitchen](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8515/8380757732_57b29be5ed.jpg)
![Snow scenery through kitchen window](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8233/8380817892_a567d5d06c.jpg)
![Trees covered i snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8361/8379736325_d46ab5a0bc.jpg)
I wanted to know what other familiar places of Tokyo would look like in the snow, so I went out.
![Back entrance of Wakeijuku in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8464/8380816902_40f8edcdec.jpg)
Down the slopes that I walk almost everyday. I almost slipped.
![Slippery slopes](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8079/8380757434_f69fc9a4a9.jpg)
![Slippery slope outside Wakeijuku](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8328/8380816156_742925a606.jpg)
![Slippery slope outside Wakeijuku 2](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8380815622_24eb06cde1.jpg)
And past the Kanda river that I cross all the time. It had appeared in my short film, INHALATION before, during the cherry blossoms period.
![Kanda river covered in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8380757228_a87e66af3c.jpg)
![Snow-covered Kanda river](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8236/8379675775_a690fedd3d.jpg)
To Waseda University.
![Waseda in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8045/8380756844_4b53cdafc0.jpg)
![Guy walking dramatically past the Okuma Hall of Waseda University](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8372/8380815116_431aa02872.jpg)
And then, I looked at the statue of Shigenobu Okuma, founder of Waseda.
![Okuma statue feeling the chills](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8378/8380756228_697b44b12a.jpg)
![Okuma Bronze statue feels cold](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8495/8379733409_de5e54d08b.jpg)
After that I headed towards nearby Ana Hachimangu shrine.
![Ana-Hachimangu shrine at Waseda](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380755930_cf30323f54.jpg)
They were preparing for a festival. But those stalls were all swallowed by the snow.
![Shoveling the snow at Ana-Hachimangu](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8185/8380813586_64967db412.jpg)
![Ana-Hachimangu in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8360/8379731905_3100775f60.jpg)
Then I went to Roppongi. Once I was at Roppongi Hills, the winds were strong. I didn't wear any gloves (so I could operate the camera and iPhone properly), my hands were in pain.
![Even Roppongi Hills is filled with snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8051/8380755680_e2c8e5a5da.jpg)
![Roppongi in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8466/8379674249_5957a7f59a.jpg)
![Roppongi in snow 2](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380755120_73e7583a6d.jpg)
The blizzards were so strong that I lost three umbrellas.
The sun was setting, everything was a white blur, I thought I could get a nice view of Tokyo Tower and the city landscape from Roppongi Hills, but I couldn't see anything.
In the end I was back in familiar Shinjuku. Of course, it looked alien with all the snow. But lovely at the same time.
![Shinjuku in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8194/8380754854_ea9c9c3960.jpg)
![Shinjuku station east exit in snow](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8078/8380754578_92899d6e50.jpg)
![Shinjuku became a snow-covered winter wonderland](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8500/8380754254_a026b8d380.jpg)
![Shinjuku in snow!](http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8085/8380812394_a3ba08f637.jpg)