Record snowfall in Japan: in pictures
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Snow has accumulated to record depths, in excess of five metres, in the Hakkoda mountain range of Aomori Prefecture in Northern Japan. More snow fell in northern Japan over the weekend, and at least eight people died as people become trapped in their cars and buried underneath the heavy snow. A bullet train travelling from Tokyo to northern Japan also derailed, however no one was injured.
Wikimedians provided pictures of the snow for Wikinews.

Walls of snow have built up along the sides of the road in Kitayama, Ojiya where snow has been cleared.
Image: A week ago. Imai.
Image: A week ago. Imai.

A photo of the Aomori University in the heavy snow which is several meters deep.
Image: Last week. Masahiko Shoji.
Image: Last week. Masahiko Shoji.
Sources
- Junko Ogura and Paul Armstrong. "Heavy snow claims eight lives in northern Japan" — CNN, March 5, 2013
- Jill Reilly and Helen Lawson. "Entombed in snow: Mother and three children killed in car buried by drifts as icy storm claims nine lives in Japan" — The Daily Mail, March 4, 2013
- "Japan's record snowfall still not the deepest ever" — The Guardian, March 1, 2013