And now to the weather, the forecast for the weekend: light snowfall on Saturday, with up to 2.4 centimeters of fresh snow to be expected, maximum daily temperatures around minus five degrees.
Sunday no significant change but more severe frost.
Sounds dreamy?
If you are looking for winter, you will find it in Hokkaido.
It's a pity that the Japanese really don't feel like going to the Winter Olympics.
This week, the newspaper "Hokkaido Shimbun" published its latest survey on the application for the 2030 Olympics, which is, well, on hold anyway. Result: Two thirds have no desire.
Why?
One reason, of course, is the corruption scandal that prosecutors are working on as a legacy of last year's Tokyo Summer Games.
But that only spoils every fourth person's interest in the Olympics.
Almost half of the opponents, on the other hand, think that an application would be far too expensive.
The billions could be spent more sensibly.
For example?
For a better clearing service in winter.