Japan - Winter's first snow in Tokyo

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Winter's first snow in Tokyo

Tokyo and Yokohama got their first snowfall of the season on Friday.

Friday, January 20, 2012 12:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120120_23.html

Tokyo, Yokohama get 1st snowfall of season

A woman walks in Suginami Ward, Tokyo, on Friday, when the capital had its first snow of the season.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20120121dy01.htm

Tokyo area hit with season's first snowfall

The season's first snow fell in central Tokyo and Yokohama on the morning of Jan. 20 as a low atmospheric pressure system passed along the southern coast of mainland Japan.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/01/20/20120120p2a00m0na005000c.html

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Suginami ward, Tokyo

 

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Re: Japan - Winter's first snow in Tokyo

La Nina causes bitter cold, heavy snow

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan marked "the coldest day" under the seasonal divide system from ancient China on Saturday, with historic snow coverage observed mainly in Hokkaido.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/01/21/20120121p2g00m0dm004000c.html