I returned to Japan unexpectedly because of a family emergency. The landscapes of Eastern Hokkaido are truly beautiful. Grateful to God for protecting my mother. #FamilyEmergency #BackToJapan #EasternHokkaido #Hokkaido

Westchester Lagoon Family Skate ⛸️ A frozen 50-acre lake, a 1.6 km skate loop, families, hockey, kids racing seal toys 🧊 🦭and even a moose! Total culture shock, but such a fun afternoon. #WestchesterLagoon #AlaskaLife #Anchorage #WinterSkate #FrozenLake

The are under some sort of Cold Advisory/Warning or Winter Storm Warning in the Contiguous U.S. is almost as large as Pluto.

Tried making a snow angel on my lunch break at the park next to work ❄️ Result: angel missing ☃️ #PhotoOfTheDay #JustSnow

Meet Vick the #Snowman 😂❄️ First time making one!

Fairbanks now up to 19 days with a low temp of -40F/C or lower. The last season with more days was 1970-71. @alaskawx.bsky.social

Visited #HotelCaptainCook for New Year gathering 💫 Aurora inspired chocolate and delicious food throughout. The British flag inside honors the hotel’s namesake, explorer Captain James Cook🇬🇧 Classic vintage interiors paired with festive Christmas decorations created a space full of history and story

Days once lived in the rhythm of the city, and a lunch break lying in a snowy field.☃️❄️ Living in Alaska now feels quietly surreal—and deeply grateful.💫 #AlaskaLife #StatePark #LunchBreak #Grateful

High temperatures (ºF) in and around Alaska on Monday. Dramatic warming across the central/eastern Interior with max temps 25 to 40ºF higher than on Sunday. Milder in most of Southeast but with more rain and snow. Also milder with snow in Southcentral. #akwx #weather @climatologist49.bsky.social

Happy PFD filing day, Alaska! Website just opened: mypfd.alaska.gov #AlaskaSky

It’s a good morning for ice cream

A modern kadomatsu and ikebana from my mother🎍 Clean lines of pine with subtle gold and red accents, and seasonal flowers arranged with space and gentle movement. A quiet, beautiful way to welcome the new year✨ #Kadomatsu #Ikebana #NewYear #JapaneseAesthetics #MinimalLiving

Merry Christmas 🎄 A very special night, followed by a quiet morning with coffee and favorite Christmas music. Wishing you a calm and warm holiday season.✨ #HolidayPeace

Eyelashes freezing, fingers numb—even through my gloves. Alaska on the winter solstice. A short walk along Eagle River at −6°F, ice everywhere, a bald eagle overhead🦅 Harsh and beautiful✨ Happy holiday season🎄❄️ #AlaskaLife #WinterSolstice #EagleRiver #LifeInAlaska

Windy, cold day in Alaska — but when we bundle up and gather together, it feels just right. ❄️ #AlaskaLife #BundleUp #WinterInAlaska #ColdOutsideWarmInside #GoodVibes #Community #AlaskaWinter

I went for a short walk during my lunch break today. At 2°F (-17°C )everything looked incredibly beautiful, but the air was so cold it felt like it was stinging my lungs with every breath. Experiencing winter in Alaska is both harsh and awe-inspiring.❄️🥶 #Alaska #BreathTakingCold #HarshAndBeautiful

I found a beautiful handmade crochet piece that really captures the Alaskan spirit. The hat is beautifully woven with Alaska fox fur and feels so special. I’m so excited to send them to my family in Japan to share a little Alaska vibe.🧶#AlaskaLife #MadeInAlaska #CrochetArt #HandmadeWithLove

We have reviewed a magnitude 6.0 event that occurred at 08:11 AM AK time, northwest of Anchorage and at 43 miles depth. This event was felt widely throughout south-central Alaska, and as far as Fairbanks. For more information, please visit https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025xjbvhj

Thanks to a wonderful new connection, my husband got to experience dog sledding 🐕🛷for the first time. Feeling grateful and blessed. Wishing everyone a warm and happy Thanksgiving 🦃❄️✨ #AlaskaLife #DogSledding #FirstTime #Grateful #Thanksgiving #AlaskaWinter

A biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game said they've never seen a backpack on a set of moose antlers, until now. https://tinyl.co/3zWx

I was sworn in as a CASA volunteer today. I’m honored to serve and grateful for the opportunity. Our mission is to speak up for children who need advocacy. 💛 #ChildAdvocacy #EveryChildMatters #NewBeginning #Alaska

Every Wednesday, the SHI indigenous science building downtown is holding community soup workshops with free meals for anyone experiencing food security. Tonight’s meal was Mountain Goat “Jánwu Stew”

Solar flares cause spectacular aurora borealis in Alaska skies, writes Claire Stremple for the @alaskabeacon.com alaskabeacon.com/2025/11/12/s...

Gorgeous red auroras tonight over the Goldstream Valley in Fairbanks, Alaska. A rare show, strong enough for the red emission to be clearly visible to the eye. More in my Recent Photos Gallery: photos.lwpetersen.com/Recent-Photos #fairbanks #alaska #auroraborealis #northernlights

Cold weather comfort — we made hearty beef stew in this beautiful casserole pot by @peterbrondzpottery 🔥. Perfect for a snowy evening in Alaska ❄️🍲 #AlaskaWinter #ComfortFood #BirdCreekPottery #HandmadeCeramics #HomeCooking

A young golden eagle visited our backyard—majestic wings nearly 2m wide. Magpies weren’t pleased! 🦅❄️ #EagleRiver #AlaskaWinter #Eagle

Morning walk ❄️ Eagle River & Chugach State Park — winter magic ✨ #Alaska #EagleRiver #ChugachStatePark #WinterLight #SnowDay

Twenty years in a different country. Seasons blurred, time flew by. Tonight’s illuminated full moon reminds me— language lives in kindness, not in accent.🌕 #Language #Kindness #Reflection #AlaskaLife

As winter deepens in Alaska, the days grow shorter and the body slows down. Today I took a quiet day to rest—and my husband surprised me with these roses. Their warmth brightened my heart. Thank you for this gentle light. 🌹❄️💗 #AlaskaLife #WinterRoses #GratefulHeart #LoveAndLight #RestAndBloom

We kept it simple this year but still made it festive for Halloween 🎃—great team-building and lots of laughter! #HalloweenFun #TeamBuilding #OfficeVibes #FestiveMood

I finally found a new friend — a Norfolk Island Pine for our home! Picked it up from a lovely neighborhood plant shop filled with lemon and lime trees at Anchorage & Eagle River’s premiere greenhouse. I almost forgot — this is Alaska! 🍋🌲 #NorfolkIslandPine #IndoorPlants #AlaskaLife #EagleRiver

No Kings gathering in Girdwood Alaska #StandUpToTrump

Training for Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) has begun. Alaska has one of the highest rates of child abuse in the U.S., and the role of advocating for the legal rights and best interests of abused or neglected children is deeply important. #CASA #Alaska #ChildAdvocacy #Volunteer

Did you see the termination dust on the mountains this morning? ❄️ It’s an Alaskan phrase for the first snow that signals the end of summer — like “the first frost of fall.” #EagleRiver #Alaska #TerminationDust

Excited to see it, my friend Georgie from Fort Yukon has been showing off pictures of the beautiful skin-sewing she did for the costumes!

Lingít songs at pick up today ♥️ I love that the kids are singing in their jackets and backpacks. Culture is celebrated everyday. Happy Indigenous people’s day! #indigenouspeoplesday

A surprise visitor in our neighborhood today 🫎 He’s a “juvenile buck,” maybe around 2 years old — calm yet so powerful. Learning new things about Alaska wildlife every day! #AlaskaMoments #EagleRiver #MooseSighting

Morning primitive walk in Chugach State Park, with a trail leading into the Greenbelt. The glacier-fed water shines bright blue. 💙 #ChugachStatePark #EagleRiver #AlaskaLife #MorningWalk #NatureLovers #GlacierWater #TrailLife #ExploreAlaska #BlueWater

A faint crackle—no wind, no rain, not the trees. Locals nodded, “yep, that’s the aurora.” Still debated by science, but I believe it now. 🎥 youtu.be/tnATQJJIsK4

Aurora in Alaska tonight 🌌💚 Not only breathtakingly beautiful to watch, but I even heard the mysterious crackling sound of the northern lights. ✨ It felt like the sky was alive! #Aurora #Alaska #NorthernLights #オーロラ

Detectives report: Skeletal remains uncovered in a suburban Halloween yard… 🎃💀🕵️‍♂️ Trick or Treat or True Crime? #SpookyCrimeScene #HalloweenDecor #CSIStyle

Driving home, I caught a glimpse of Alaska’s brief yet beautiful autumn sky. The mountains glowed golden in the sunset— it felt like something straight out of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind ✨🍂 #Alaska #AutumnSky #Sunset #Nausicaa

A furniture store with taxidermy, a giant chair, and even a mysterious fishing 🎣 corner—this Alaska sale had it all! #Alaska #FurnitureSale #GiantChair #Taxidermy #FishingDecor

Early morning walk in the fog and came across a moose family right in our neighborhood🫎 Alaska really does feel like the Twilight Zone sometimes. #AlaskaLife #MorningFog #MooseMomAndCalves #WildlifeInTown #OnlyInAlaska #TwilightZoneVibes

Even though summer has ended, tasting this homemade Alaska smoked salmon brought back the rich, delicious feeling of an Alaskan summer 🌲🐟☀️ Thank you Jessica! 💕 #AlaskaLife #SmokedSalmon #AlaskaSummer

We just got back from another couple of days in Denali National Park. Moose were everywhere. We saw so many bulls that I actually lost count! Now I’ve got a few hundred more photos to sort through this week. #alaska #wildlife #denali #moose

Thrilled to add this stunning handcrafted casserole dish by Peter M. Brondz (Brondz Studio, Alaska) to my kitchen. Functional art that brings warmth to everyday life.✨ #BrondzStudio #AlaskaPottery #HandmadeCeramics #LocalArt

Beluga Point, a rocky outpost on Turnagain Arm, just south of Anchorage along the Seward Highway 🍂🌊 Autumn is arriving—windy skies, shifting light, and even a rainbow bridging the water remind us that beauty shines through the gray 🌈✨ #Alaska #TurnagainArm #BelugaPoint #Alaskasky #NatureInspires

My sister 🇯🇵 hosted a beautiful Sanju (傘寿, 80th birthday) celebration for our mother. Seeing her enjoy the delicious dishes and looking so healthy fills me with joy. I wish I could have joined the celebration ☺️🍶🎉 Wishing her many more years of happiness and good health. #Sanju #傘寿 #FamilyCelebration

Shimmering auroras over my driveway in North Pole, Alaska. September 2024