"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

Snow is expelled from a road at Kasamatsu pass in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 27, 2015, adding the finishing touch to the building of a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the road after its wintertime closure. Vehicles will be allowed to go through the section from April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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