Preparing for Winter ― 2024/11/17
I found that there are so many things you need to survive a winter here. I wouldn't have known some of them if I were still in Fukuoka, such as;.
A wide variety of snow shovels. even 100-yen shops stock them,
Plant covers. What if these items are single-use and you have to get a set of them every year?
High-end, high-power oil stoves. I guess oil is still the main source of heat in this area. Renewable energy? What's that?
Stoves can be as expensive as over 100,000 yen plus installation fees.
I've experienced some winters in the UK and the US. Yeah, it was cold, but it wasn't so overwhelmingly cold as to require this seriousness. Actually, we survived with a small halogen heater and that's about it. What is going to happen here?
In addition to the above, you will also need fuel, clothing and snowshoes. And the price of perishables will certainly rise, as almost everything has to be transported from far away, where the ground is not frozen or buried under snow.
I guess the winter expenses may be much more than I had vaguely imagined before. I am more afraid of that, than of the actual snow or the cold.
Bears, snow, cold, train cancellations and violent girls... there seem to be a lot of things I have to be scared of in Hokkaido. Perhaps I am seeing different sorts from those I knew in Kyushu, such as heavy rains and floods, typhoons, intense heat and senseless murders.
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