We did nothing today but rest, for the weather was threatening.  It's Tuesday in Japan, so this will become a nostalgic day to   look back to what we did the last time we were in Sendai , when we also cruised on the Diamond Princess: On 23November 2019, Sendai was just nearing it's Fall color peak.  The map that year showed. Unfortunately, today is November 13, so we missed by one week.  So how have the subsequent years changed the peak? Thus, because of global warming, Sendai's peak is predicted for November 30.  So we arrived more than two weeks too early. Today is November 13, and the peak for Sapporo is November 13, where we will stop over for two days beginning tomorrow.  Thus, while we have been too early for the colors so far in Japan, tomorrow should be terrific.  Except for one problem.  Hokkaido has been snowing the past couple of days, which will continue tomorrow. Returning to my posting of four years ago, I said: Recall that...