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今朝は起きて、外を見て、「あっ、また雪掛けだ！」
四年前の冬のように、毎朝の雪掛けは何週間、何ヶ月間ずっと続ければ、飽きちゃうだろうけど、今の所で楽しいです。なぜなら、長男も最近に手伝っているのもあるけど、それより私は雪景色の庭が大好きです。特に、日本の庭園に雪景色が合う。庭師の皆は雪がかぶせる時の見た目を考えて、庭を造るのでしょうか？
そして、特にあちらこちらに庭がある亀清旅館に雪景色が似合う。お客さんが喜んでくれるし、写真機を取りに行って、写真はぱちぱち撮る。「今朝も雪景色を手配しておきました」と私が冗談に言います。
是非、日本の冬の美、雪景色の長野の自然においでやす。

This morning when I woke up and looked outside -- More snow! I suppose if I had to shovel snow every morning for weeks and months on end like the winter 4 years ago, I would get sick of the white stuff. But for now, I am enjoying it. Not only is our older son, Andy, starting to help with the shoveling, but I really like the look of our gardens covered in snow. I wonder if the gardeners who build traditional gardens keep in mind how they look when covered in snow when they build them. Kamesei Ryokan has gardens here and there throughout our inn, so every where you turn you can see another view of a garden covered in white. This is definitely one of the prettiest times of the year at Kamesei and here in Nagano.

戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらClick here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano.