[jasonbvr]

The weather in Gunma was sunny and clear which is a trademark of winter in Japan. So clear in fact that you could see the mountains in Nagano including Asama which is a volcano. It is not really winter yet. It is actually just the end of fall since the trees in lower elevations are still clinging to their red and yellow leaves. And Asama has yet to become fully capped in snow although it has started to get some built up.