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Yuzuru Hanyu and a book called “Steel mental strength”

2018.02.18

Sports

When I heard the news that Yuzuru Hanyu won the gold medals in consecutive in the Olympics, I was so glad as if spring has arrived for me, who has been mentally and physically exhausted due to lingering effect of the heavy snow.

 


From Sports Hochi Twitter Official Account

 

After Hanyu’s performane, a sports commentator said “What a mental strength!”.
When I imagine his mentality, I brought to mind a book I read before.

 

From the book “Steel mental strength” written by Naoki Hyakuta, I will quote a passage which I was impressed.

 

[Mind is broken by yourself but you can fix by yourself]
Human mind is delicate and fragile. It is like a precision instrument. But in fact,
mind is unexpectedly strong against outside damage. Instead, it is weak against inner damage. In other words, those who break their minds may do it by themselves.

 

 

Replacing the passage for Yuzuru Hanyu, he had been protected his mind against outside damage, the injury, and had been believed in himself, so we might say that his effort borne fruit.

 

Yuzuru, thank you for your great performance and the gold medal! Please take a good rest. (H.S)

Thawing

2018.02.16

Life in Fukui

Camellia flowers under snow
The snow which was piling up has been melting a lot in good weather for the last few days, and the snow plow of the sidewalk also advanced in the center of Fukui city.
And, to my surprise, I found two red flowers of camellia blooming under thick snow in the side of the road, walking on that sidewalk.
Did they bloom under the snow?
Come to think of it, they may already have been in bloom before the heavy snow since the 5th of this month.
However, even so, what a strong plant it is!
T.S

 

The current state of the road in the center of Fukui city

The current state of the road in the center of Fukui City

Heavy Snow in Fukui City on February 6th, 2018

2018.02.13

Occurrences

In every January and February, it usually gets cold and we have so much snow in Fukui Prefecture.

In the video above, you can see how much snow we had in Fukui City on February 6th, 2018. On that day, by 2 o’clock in the afternoon, we had 136 cm (4.46 feet) of snow. The city had its heaviest snowfall since 1981!!

 

It had been snowing heavily on and off since the middle of January.
It was snowing so much that it covered the whole city, and blocked our view. It kept piling up.

 

Until around 2 O'clock, there were foods and drinks sold as usual in the stores in the city. However, shortly after that, many stores ran out of stock because the traffic was paralyzed by the heavy snow. For the next few days, many of the stores in the city didn't have products delivered in, so we saw empty shelves in many stores.

 

Fukui City became isolated for a few days since February 6th.

 

It's still snowing in Fukui City and we see so much snow piled up. We cannot wait to go back to our normal lives.

 

T.F.

 

Our previous blogs about snow in Fukui.

Winter Scenery in the Center of Fukui City #1

Winter Scenery in Fukui, Japan #2 -Heavy Snowfall in Fukui / Beginning-

Heavy snow in Fukui City for the first time in 37 years

2018.02.11

Occurrences

Last week, Fukui City had recorded 147 cm of snow, which was the first time to exceed 130 cm since 1981. I am sure that many of you have known about many cars got stuck in the snow and public transportation was halted as reported by news.

 

Although today’s society values AI and robot technology etc., I was filled with a feeling of helplessness watching the snow falling. However, seeing members of the Self-Defense Forces removing snow hard and cooperative neighbors, I thought people’s power is amazing.

 

And, I will write down how I felt about the heavy snow this time as follows.

 

１.People in Fukui try to drive cars in the snow because they are used to it. So the prefecture’s government should officially instruct not to drive cars.
２.The prefecture, companies and individuals always have to prepare, just in case.
３. “ Heavy snow warning” should be conveyed more quickly, broadly and certainly.
4. The hot line for SOS should be increased because there are life-threatening situations.
5. In winter, people should keep gasoline, heating oil and food.
6. Developing melting-equipment which works even in heavy snow. For household use,
the government should provide subsidies.
7. Promoting underground transportation system, underpasses, underground mall and underground parking lots.
8. Promoting remote work (work from home).

 

Applying lessons from this heavy snow, I wish Fukui Prefecture will be able to deal with heavy snow.

 


The backyard last week. There also was drift of snow, so I felt it was more than 147 cm.

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