Snow on Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line cleared

AOMORI, Japan - A snowplow clears a path at Kasamatsutoge in Aomori Prefecture, midpoint of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line (National Highway Route 103), on March 27, 2014. The route linking the city of Aomori in northeastern Japan and areas around Lake Towada, with walls of snow accumulating as high as 8 meters on its sides, will be reopened to ordinary traffic from April 1 after being closed for winter.