In the Japanese tourism world, Sapporo, capital city of the mountainous northern Japanese island of Hokkaido, is famous for its beer, skiing and annual Sapporo Snow Festival featuring enormous ice sculptures. Hokkaido had heavy snow Friday, with Sapporo observing the heaviest snowfall in 50 years for December, and nearly 50,000 people were affected after air and railway traffic was disrupted.
Il-borra fil-kapitali prefetturali laħqet 96 ċm (iktar minn 37 pulzier) mid-9 ta ’filgħaxija nhar il-Ġimgħa, u qabżet id-90 ċm għall-ewwel darba f’Diċembru mill-1966.
Borra qawwija ġiegħlet lill-kumpaniji tal-linji tal-ajru jikkanċellaw aktar minn 260 titjira li jgħaqqdu l-Ajruport ta ’New Chitose, fin-nofsinhar ta’ Sapporo, u postijiet oħra, skont l-operatur tal-ajruport. Hokkaido Railway Co. qalet ukoll li kkanċellat aktar minn 380 servizz ferrovjarju.
Riħ qawwi kkawża qtugħ tad-dawl f’xi 3,800 dar fil-belt ta ’Erimo u parti mill-belt ta’ Samani.
