Tokyo Saw Heaviest Snow Since 2014

Above, snow covers streets near the Chiba Prefecture train station I was stopped at in February 2014. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

It doesn't seem like four years have passed since I experienced two heavy snowstorms in Japan. That kind of experience does not leave the mind that easily.

It was then that I had to wait nearly 24 hours in a Keisei Line train car in Chiba Prefecture while heading into Tokyo from Narita Airport. The train was stopped at a train station as heavy snows covered the tracks.

Above, with the Skytree in the background, snow covers the streets in Tokyo's
Kappabashi "Kitchen Town" district in February 2014. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

A snowstorm on January 23 was the heaviest since those February 2014 snowstorms.

According to Kyodo News:

Tokyo woke up on Jan. 23 to over 20 centimeters of snow that had accumulated from the previous day, with the heaviest snowfall in four years disrupting business and traffic, and leaving about 360 people injured across the Japanese capital. 

Snow began falling on Jan. 22 and triggered a heavy snow warning for Tokyo for the first time since February 2014.

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