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.
ʻO ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hau ma ke kapikala prefectural ua hiki i 96 knm (ma luna o 37 iniha) ma ka 9 pm Pōʻalima, ʻoi aku ka 90 cm no ka manawa mua ma Dekemaba mai 1966.
Ua koi ka hau nui i nā hui mokulele e kāpae i nā mokulele ʻoi aku ma mua o 260 e hoʻopili ana i ke kahua mokulele ʻo New Chitose, hema o Sapporo, a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe, e like me ka mea hoʻokele mokulele. Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Hokkaido Railway Co. ua kāpae ʻia ma luna o 380 mau lawelawe kaʻaahi.
Ua hoʻopau nā makani ikaika ma kahi o 3,800 mau hale ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Erimo a me kekahi hapa o ke kaona ʻo Samani.
