M'mayiko oyendera alendo ku Japan, Sapporo, likulu la chilumba chamapiri cha kumpoto kwa Japan cha Hokkaido, ndi wotchuka chifukwa cha mowa, skiing ndi chikondwerero cha pachaka cha Sapporo Snow chomwe chili ndi ziboliboli zazikulu za ayezi. Lachisanu ku Hokkaido kunali chipale chofewa chambiri, pomwe Sapporo adawona kugwa kwa chipale chofewa kwambiri m'zaka 50 mu Disembala, ndipo anthu pafupifupi 50,000 adakhudzidwa pambuyo poti magalimoto a ndege ndi njanji asokonekera.
Chipale chofewa mu likulu la prefectural chinafika 96 cm (kupitilira mainchesi 37) kuyambira 9pm Lachisanu, kupitilira 90 cm koyamba mu Disembala kuyambira 1966.
Chipale chofewa chinakakamiza makampani oyendetsa ndege kuti aletse maulendo opitilira 260 omwe amalumikizana ndi New Chitose Airport, kumwera kwa Sapporo, ndi malo ena, malinga ndi woyendetsa eyapoti. Hokkaido Railway Co. yatinso idayimitsa masitima apamtunda opitilira 380.
Mphepo yamphamvu inazima magetsi m’nyumba pafupifupi 3,800 m’tauni ya Erimo ndi mbali ina ya tauni ya Samani.
