Japan – The Snow Crystal Tour
Snow crystals are popular in Japan, and recently I took my family on a “Snow Crystal Tour” of Japan, during which we visited several snow crystal tourist spots (yes, they do exist!).
I proposed a two-week trip to Japan during Christmas break, since flights from Los Angeles to Tokyo are relatively cheap, and I wanted to visit two snow crystal museums I’d read about during my research into snow crystals.
So we were soon planning a rather unusual tour around Japan, mostly on the northern island of Hokkaido. It became apparent at the outset that Hokkaido in wintertime is not your typical vacation getaway — it’s cold, snowy, and a bit out of the way. But when you live in sunny Southern California, a vacation to a cold climate can sound pretty appealing, so off we went.
The Ukichiro Nakaya Museum of Snow and Ice is located in Nakaya’s hometown of Katayamazu in Kaga city, approximately 500 km west of Tokyo on the west coast of the main island of Honshu, near the larger city of Komatsu.
The region is a fairly popular with Japanese tourists, containing many museums and spas.
SNOW CRYSTALS ARE LETTERS SENT FROM HEAVEN
This is the trademark poetic words of Ukichiro Nakaya(1900-1962) who is famous as a scientist of snow and ice as well as a science writer.
Ukichiro Nakaya Museum of Snow and Ice
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