Japan: Record high snow levels; heavy snow halts Toyota factories

Snow snarls but looks to abate | The Japan Times Online

Heavy snow continued to hit areas along the Sea of Japan on Monday as a cold air mass hung over the country, disrupting railway and highway travel and halting factories at Toyota Motor Corp. and other manufacturers.
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In the Chugoku region in the west and on the Sea of Japan coast Monday morning, snow piled as high as 195 cm in Kitahiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, 137 cm in Maniwa, Okayama Prefecture, 91 cm in Onan, Shimane Prefecture, and 253 cm in Daisen in neighboring Tottori Prefecture — all record highs in western Japan, the weather agency said. [Via Global Freeze]