Jyuhyo

I'd like to tell you about jyuhyo, a snow monster. I went to see them Zao,Yamagata, my home town in this Spring holiday. Jyuhyo is one of Yamagata's symbol. Many tourists, including foreigners, ome to see. In fact, I lived in Yamagata for almost 17 years, but I had never seen jyuhyo. This was a reason why I wanted to see. Jyuhyo is a mass of ice and snow. The key of making jyuhyo is 'the monsoon'. The monsoon with moisture whip the trees, and moisture becomes ice. Then the tree with ice are deeply covered with snow. The condition of temperature to make jyuhyo is -5℃.


Back to my storys. I went to the top of the mountain by a lift. The altitude of top of the mountain is 1736 m. On the way I rode the lift, suddenly felt sick and can't move. "Oh gosh, I can't go on anymore. I have to give up?" But I didn't. "I have to see!" - When I went to the top and saw hundreds and fhousands jyuhyo in all around ways, I didn't feel sick anymore. "It's...just amazing! I have never seen such a beautiful sight! Can't believe!According to the reputation, the snow monsters are like monsters, and looked down at me with magnificant attitude.


What only one thing was regrettable was that because we have had a mild winter this year, there was little snow, so jyuhyo were bit smaller than last year. I always said, "Ah, I don't like snow! It's hard to go to school!" when I lived in Yamagata. But this time, "I wanna snow now!" (laugh) Well,I can't win the nature, there is nothing I can do. (sigh) Anyway, jyuhyo were still beautiful. I was happy that I didn't give up and could see strong, wonderful and beautiful jyuhyo.