Japan is Seasonal

I realized that people who live in places with dramatical climate changes are usually ones who can't bear the weather changing in any form.

When I first arrived, people kept complaining about the heat and saying "atsui" (hot) all the time. When fall rolled around, people were still not satisfied. One teacher was surprised to find out that I walked to school on a random fall day. I responded by smiling and saying that the weather was great. Then she corrected me to say that the weather is not so great. I saw maybe two clouds in the sky.

Now, it's winter. The word has turned to samui (cold). It's been snowing pretty hard on and off for the past week. They pump up the kerosene heater in the staffroom so it's toasty in there with toxic fumes.

Considering all the complaints I've heard about this cold weather being unbearable, there is one thing that I really don't understand.
School girls are walking around the snow with skirts on while I'm bundled in my puffy jacket, beanie, and scarf and rubber boots! Mind you, many of their skirts are a good 6 inches above their knee!

I just don't get it.