In terms of climate, Tokyo is surprisingly warm! The closest analog to American weather would probably somewhere like Wilmington, North Carolina -- it's quite hot and humid in the summer, but rarely goes below freezing in the winter.

Thanks to the general lack of below-freezing weather, two things are true:

1. You will sometimes see palm trees
2. It very rarely snows

But rarely doesn't mean never! This past February, Tokyo finally got a nontrivial amount of snowfall, which was enough to make everything look like a veritable winter wonderland!

Naturally, I spent all day outside taking photos instead of whatever it was I was supposed to be doing (probably vacuuming?)

The Slideshow Begins

Let us journey through various snowy places in Tokyo and entirely too many trains! Some of the locations we'll see:

• Rikugien Gardens, one of Tokyo's various Japanese style gardens.
• The JR Yamanote Line, Tokyo's favorite loop line.
• The Nippori-Toneri Liner, an automated guideway transit system which rides on rubber tires and was definitely struggling with the snowy weather
• The Toden Arakawa Line, Tokyo's last remaining tram line!