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Featuring the Snow Shovel

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on March 9, 2016

At past the peak of winter snowing in Hida Region around March, one can notice plainly the handy snow shovels in different shapes, sizes, and colors, in front of homes, shops, and shrines, in standby mode.

Find the shovel

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Snow Country Measures

Leave a comment Posted by Lana on March 12, 2015

Life in the snow country of Japan

Constant manual removal of snow from the rooftops

Shoveling snow into the snow gutter (beside the lady)

Plastic shovel for fluffy fresh snow while metal shovel for hard old snow

Avalanche barriers

More roadside avalanche barriers

Like an irrigation system but its purpose is to de-ice this parking lot

Roadside waterways for depositing and de-icing while shoveling snow. The waterways will then be used for rice paddy irrigation

Houses with triangular roof so that the snow can easily slide off. Triangular roof also prevents thick accumulation of snow

Man using snow scoop in Shirakawa-go

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