Yuzawa is a 1 hour train ride from Tokyo and gets 500 inches per year, BTW. There are tons of houses and such in Yuzawa, so this is not on some remote mountain top or whatever. But it's also quite warm, so the snowpack is not as deep or powdery as you'd expect. The more I think about it, I realize that elevated Montana really is one of the best places.

We won’t see any big changes until Sun late when we dip to 24*. We’ll see our wind pick up as well. They’re actually describing Saturday as “muggy” in the 60’s. That’s so typical of Texas.

Aomori gets even more than that, although it has trouble holding a deep snowpack due to warm temps. But I used to go to Aomori to chase snowstorms when I lived in Tokyo. Incredible climate. I loved the thundersnow, wind-driven snow, etc. I'd see thundersnow like once a week lol

Y’all are cursed this winter.