A Snowstorm in Tokyo

That umbrella won't help you, bro.

Well it does happen once or twice in a year, but apparently, this one beat a few records. I wouldn't say the snowfall was particularly heavy, but it did go on throughout the whole day, so the snow had lots of time to pile up.
 Looking at people's social network feed, you would have thought it was a miracle. Looking at the televised news, the apocalypse. "Don't go out," they warned, "you would be putting yourself in danger! Snowfall like this has not been seen in Tokyo in 16 years!"
 Well, the wind kind of sucked. But all the while I'm hearing this and thinking, piece of cake. This kind of weather is the bread and butter of Montreal. Your run of the mill morning.
 But it's amazing how circumstances affect everything. Here in Tokyo, trains were stopped, with thousands of commuters stranded helpless. People bumbling down the streets with umbrellas, not knowing how to handle the snow coming sideways. The guys with the shovels on the street corners, doing in two hours the work a snowplow would do in twelve minutes.
 I went out to eat and the Indian restaurant owner smiled at my loyalty.
 I know where I'm from, folks.