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Tokyo-Level Offences: An ode to the Snow of Yamagata

And the nine-year-old-Dutch-backpack-wearer who saved me from jail

Jan 11, 2026
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There’s snow.

And then, there’s,

Yamagata snow.

Who’s getting the drinks?

You either love it, or you don’t.

And if you don’t,

you don’t live in Yamagata.

Some people, mainly from Tokyo, are not built for snow. I’ve seen people in Tokyo hosing the snow off steps, and I’m like,

“heard of ice?”

Or even worse, the people who used straight up salt and woke up to melt…

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