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.
Lanèj ki Tonbe an nan kapital la prefèktur rive nan 96 cm (plis pase 37 pous) kòm nan 9 pm Vandredi, topping 90 cm la pou premye fwa nan mwa desanm depi 1966.
Gwo nèj te fòse konpayi avyon yo anile plis pase 260 vòl ki lye ak New Chitose Ayewopò, nan sid Sapporo, ak lòt kote, selon operatè ayewopò an. Hokkaido Railway Co te di tou ke li anile plis pase 380 sèvis tren.
Gwo van te lakòz yon blakawout nan kèk kay 3,800 nan vil Erimo ak yon pati nan vil Samani.
