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TY: [Jpn.] By the way, what were the differences between Heart Mountain and Tule Lake?

MK: [Jpn.] What？

TY: [Jpn.] Differences between Heart Mountain and Tule Lake?

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, the differences were...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] The air was dry.

TY: [Jpn.] Heart Mountain. Do you mean Heart Mountain?

MK: [Jpn.] Uh-huh. Yeah. I mean Heart Mountain.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] It was dry. So as I said before, the snow was not regular snow. It was dry, like powder.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] It's as though it's dancing. Floating. Light and small. So the small snowflakes fit through a keyhole. Can you believe, a keyhole?

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] The snowflakes were that small. And powder-like.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh, through a keyhole.

MK: [Jpn.] Dry snow falls like powder. See? So your clothes won't get wet. It falls off right away.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] So, isn't it a nice place? Heart Mountain was beautiful. I thought it was a nice place.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Winter didn't feel cold at all. It was cold, but different kind of cold.

TY: [Jpn.] I see.

MK: [Jpn.] It was not wet cold. It was dry cold. Uh-huh. So the snow falls like powder floating down. As if it is dancing. Wind makes it move this way and that way. Powder snow falls down, dancing around. It was beautiful. We wouldn't know that if we hadn't been to Heart Mountain.

TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Really beautiful.

TY: [Jpn.] It was winter soon after you arrived there, wasn't it?

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

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