The moment in which I continue savouring my Japanese winter... even if I would tend to freak out every time I think that it's drawing to a close
This morning we found ourselves back in Sendai —eating cereals at the breakfast table on a bright sunny winter morning, with a dusting of snow on the roofs in front of our windows. While we were comparing our cereals to yesterday's Okinawan breakfast with 6 different kinds of sea weeds, fruit jellies, onigiri and french toast with brown sugar, I realized that I have to write an ode to Japanese winter before it's over and we wake up in a cherry blossoms dream. Japanese winter days might be cold but they know how to pave them with delights. Sorry to start with the most obvious, but the warm toilet seat can really be a welcome goal on a chilly day, be it at the university, at a museum, or in a restaurant. And I will not go into the details of the warm bidet sprinkle —just watch the picture, or remember the experience if you had it. And what about the slippers? Have you ever entered a mountain hut for a lunch break while skiing to find innumerable warm and dry slippers to ...