"In the '60s this plot of mountain land was the site of a lovely temple. It had a delicate garden and a famliy of finches that would visit every summer, then WHAM! AVALANCHE! No more temple, no more finches. In the '70s the Tanakas built a house here, good construction, solid, then WHAM! AVALANCHE! No more Tanakas. In the '90s it was a ski school, real fancy, Austrian style, then W-...well you get the idea. Anyway it's Snow Princess Skating now. Whole thing's on stilts." #snowyescape #skating