Dreams and nightmares originate in the same place but seem like complete opposites.

The snow on cherry blossoms that was not supposed to happen, as it was unseasonable, happened anyway, like beautiful frosted glass, as beautiful as a dream, but ruining the spring cherry crop.

The snow on a black and white television screen seems nostalgically funny now, but was as exasperating and disappointing as the uncontrolled horizontal roll.

The overwhelming tide of Sapporo snowmen may seem funny or frightening. Creatures built from snow express human whimsy and creative genius. Only snow soldiers can properly guard ice palaces.