My First Autumn in the Land of the Rising Sun.

I might have to thank my husband for this later but gosh, how happy I am now that I no longer need to wear bulky 3 layers of clothes underneath fleece padded jacket come Winter this year. Autumn in this part of Japan is much much warmer than in Germany. Same goes to Winter. I know sometime this week temperature has drop down to minus 4 in Bayern but here I am hanging laundry in my balcony. Of course the same happiness cant be shared by the people in north part of Japan such as Hokkaido and Sapporo for example. They have tons of snow they even have a snow festival every year.

Due to moderate autumn temperature here in Kanagawa, I can finally enjoy taking stroll in the park the whole evening, inhaling the crisp air of early November, picking dry leaves of Japanese maples in 50 shades of red autumn colours. The temperature can go unexpectedly lower though at night. Having living on top of a hill is no help with chilly wind try to get inside your house through every little slit either from windows or the big sliding doors. The house is not well insulated and the wall is too thin to keep you warm, I guess due to the reason that Summer here can get pretty hot and humid and perhaps due to safety reason during natural disaster, houses here are build with lighter building material. We have never had to deal with the same problem back in Germany even though we once lived in an old post-WWII house. All in all, I hope this year will end with many more happy memories and I'm already looking forward to every goodness that I'll embrace in year 2017. If Trump can be a president, I believe nothing is impossible anymore. hahaha!

For the better future tomorrow!!!

Signing out,
mymyithos.