It is when the snow melts that the dust beneath the pristine white carpet is revealed. In the Shinto perspective, this moment is a reminder of the duality in nature and life itself—the purity that covers and the truths that lie hidden beneath. The snow, a transient blessing from the sky kami, veils imperfections with its fleeting beauty, while its melting uncovers what was always there, waiting. This unveiling is neither judgment nor flaw but a cycle of renewal, where even the dust becomes sacred, part of the earth’s eternal balance between concealment and revelation.