Heavy snow for parts of Japan

Up to one meter (39 inches) in 24 hours

15 Dec 2014 – Japan’s Meteorological Agency says a strong cold air mass is bringing heavy snow to parts of the Japan Sea Coast and mountainous areas.

Mountainous regions in Niigata and Nagano Prefectures have had snowfall of up to one meter in 24 hours. Snow has also covered some plains on the Pacific Coast in central Japan.

Tokyo registered its first snow of the season, the second-earliest snowfall in the capital in a decade, 20 days earlier than the average year and six days earlier than last year.

http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/110666.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvlw9Tr___U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bl2Z1jdgk#t=25

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for these links