Hokkaido and the Japan Sea coast have been hardest hit, forcing domestic airlines to cancel flights between cities in the region and Tokyo
Large parts of Japan have been blanketed with snow, as the lowest temperatures this winter disrupted rail and air travel, amid warnings that more heavy snowfall was expected through the weekend.
Residents struggled to dig out cars that had been buried by snow in just a few hours, with the meteorological agency describing the cold front as the “strongest in several years”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/06/japan-snow-hokkaido-sea-coast-impact-flights-cancelled-tokyo
Author : Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Publish date : 2025-02-06 04:23:00
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