Blizzard in Hokkaido

Blizzard in Hokkaido

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken in the town of Nakashibetsu, Hokkaido, on March 4, 2013, shows flowers and soft drink offered at the site where a car a woman and her three children were riding in was buried under snow on March 2. They were confirmed dead later that day. A blizzard hit Hokkaido and the northeastern Tohoku region over the weekend.

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