Heavy snowfall causes traffic chaos in Japan

Those in the north and west of Japan who were still able to get ahead by car on Monday could be considered lucky. As early as the Christmas weekend, heavy snowdrifts had made many roads impassable and kept more than a hundred domestic flights on the ground. In the mountainous prefecture of Niigata, residents may have had a hard time finding their cars. For Tuesday, Japanese television predicted up to 90 centimeters of fresh snow there. The weather service advised people in the affected regions on the Sea of ​​Japan to refrain from travel that is not absolutely necessary.