Constant snow for Japan www.aljazeera.com
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Sergey
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8 years, 5 months ago
Sergey
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8 years, 5 months ago
This season's snow in Japan has been measured in metres rather than centimetres. This is not just in Hokkaido but now throughout Honshu. This is clearly good news for the ski resorts, but often an annoyance in towns and cities where travel is the first to suffer.
In Ishikawa prefecture, on the opposite side of Honshu from Tokyo, 60cm of fresh snow was laid down in the mountains in 24 hours. This brings resort depths up to nearly four metres. The rate of snowfall has been so great that virtually all ski resorts in Ishikawa and its neighbours Fukui and Toyama now have a significant avalanche risk.
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| #12626 by Yubi
| 8 years, 5 months ago
For Western Japan and the Japan sea side, people have to keep shoveling snow spots that the roofs don't crash under the weight. Tottori prefecture has been having record snowfalls this week, and there were several occasions when vehicles were stranded due to snow (https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20170124_36/).
Ski resorts had a hard time last year, but will be doing great this year once the strong winds cease.
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