black & white seagull
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West Hoathly Seagull said:My brother regularly has temperatures in Sapporo of -25 degrees in winter, yes, you read that correctly. They clear the snow off the road, then dump it on the side of the pavement, so you have a huge snow wall between the road and the pavement, so it's like walking along a corridor. Every householder is required to clear his or her bit of pavement. But get this, the roads are heated. Can you imagine anywhere else having that. They even hold a snow festival each year, when they build copies of famous buildings. If you ever go there, the beer hall is well worth going to
My best friend lives in Asahikawa, near Sapporo. Last year she and her boyfriend decided to forget about driving for a while on the day they couldn't find their car under the snow...