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.
O le kiona i totonu o le laumua o le itumalo na oʻo atu i le 96 cm (sili atu i le 37 inisi) e oʻo i le 9 i le afiafi o le Aso Faraile, na sili atu i le 90 cm mo le taimi muamua ia Tesema talu mai le 1966.
O le mamafa o le kiona na faamalosia ai kamupani vaalele e faaleaogaina le silia ma le 260 vaalele e fesoʻotaʻi ai le New Chitose Airport, i saute o Sapporo, ma isi nofoaga, e tusa ai ma le faʻatautaia o le malaevaalele. Na taʻua foi e Hokkaido Railway Co. ua faalēaogāina le silia ma le 380 nofoaafi.
O matagi malosi na mafua ai le motusia o le eletise i le tusa ma le 3,800 fale i le taulaga o Erimo ma se vaega o le taulaga o Samani.
