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.
截至周五晚上96时，县府首都的降雪量达到37厘米（超过9英寸），自90年以来，去年1966月首次降雪XNUMX厘米。
据机场运营商称，大雪迫使航空公司取消了连接札幌南部新千岁机场及其他地点的260多个航班。 北海道铁路公司也表示取消了380趟火车服务。
强风导致埃里莫镇和萨马尼镇部分地区的3,800户房屋停电。
