Originally Posted by
5khours
Yes. I grew up shoveling snow mornings for many years. I have also spent time in Tokamachi during the winter. However....
This thread is not about snow country. It's about Tokyo.
I think you meant Tookamachi, 十日町, in Niigata. Maybe even the city website spell it as “tokamachi” but it is とうかまち as in “to” followed by “o” not とかまち.
The snow we just had in Tokyo was not every winter snow in Tokyo. Snowfall in Tokyo exceeded 20 cm (7.9 inches). Tokyo have not had this much snow fall in more than 20 years. I think expecting residents in Tokyo to just wait till snow to melt and not to shovel snow away after this much snow is little unreasonable. Coming from my experience as a resident of New York state and Massachusetts. And you should know that just because temperature is above freezing does not mean snow melts immidietely. I am PhD chemist so I can explain why...
