Large parts of Japan have been evacuated from the snow, as the lowest temperature this winter has interrupted the train and air travel, between the warning that more heavy snow is expected over the weekend.
Residents struggled to dig cars buried in just a few hours, the meteorological agency called the cold front “the strongest in many years”.
Hokkido, the coast of Japan, the northern one of the main islands and the coast of Japan, has been the most affected, forcing domestic airlines to cancel flights between the region and the cities of Tokyo. According to the Kyodo News Agency, train services were also canceled in parts of central Japan. The snow closed several roads, and forced officials to emphasize motorcycles to fit the snow tires.
The Meteorological Agency said that Sherkawa, a city in Jeffu ​​Province, received 129 cm of snow in just 48 hours.
The weather agency said that extremely unstable environmental conditions will generate significant amounts of snow in the coming days, including in the coast of the Pacific, where snow is rare. Officials called on people in areas where heavy snowfall was forecast to avoid unnecessary places.
During January, the unusually hot weather is ironic that this year’s snow festival organizers in Sepuro caused anxiety, where about 200 snow and ice sculptures were displayed this week.
When locals began making sculpture last month, snow was barely covered by snow in Hokkido’s largest city, Seauo, and forced organizers to import enough ice to fill 2500 10 tonnes of truck from other cities in the region What
The most spectacular creations include Japanese baseball star Shohi Ohtani and his dog decopen, and the former Hokkido Prefective Government building 12 meters high.
About 80 80 % of the work was created by urban sculptors.
