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.
Lehloa leno le motse-moholo oa setereke le fihlile ho 96 cm (li-inches tse fetang 37) ho tloha ka 9 thapama Labohlano, ho tlola 90 cm ka lekhetlo la pele ka Tshitwe ho tloha ka 1966.
Lehloa le leholo le qobelletse lik'hamphani tsa lifofane ho hlakola lifofane tse fetang 260 tse hokahanyang boema-fofane ba New Chitose, boroa ho Sapporo, le libaka tse ling, ho latela mofofisi oa boema-fofane. Hokkaido Railway Co e boetse e re e hlakotse lits'ebeletso tsa terene tse fetang 380.
Meea e matla e bakile phepelo ea motlakase malapeng a ka bang 3,800 XNUMX toropong ea Erimo le karolong ea toropo ea Samani.
