Snow fell in wide areas of the Pacific side of the Japanese archipelago on Saturday, blanketing Nagoya and Kyoto cities in central and western Japan, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. As of 4 p.m., 13 centimeters of snow was observed in downtown... ...full story at Japan Today
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