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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 27, 2025, shows a "snow corridor" created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens on March 28, 2024, after closing during winter, ushering in spring. Driving on the eight-kilometer road, which has a snow wall of up to 7 meters high, will be permitted from April 1.

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Autumn foliage in northeastern Japan

TOWADA, Japan, Oct. 26 Kyodo - People snap photos of a forest of colorful autumn trees reflecting off the surface of Tsutanuma Lake in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in the early hours of Oct. 26, 2023. (Kyodo)

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Autumn foliage in northeastern Japan

People snap photos of a forest of colorful autumn trees reflecting off the surface of Tsutanuma Lake in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in the early hours of Oct. 26, 2023.

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Autumn foliage in northeastern Japan

Photo taken in the early hours of Oct. 26, 2023, shows a forest of colorful autumn trees reflecting off the surface of Tsutanuma Lake in Towada, Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

The Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, known as a "snow corridor" connecting the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, reopens after wintertime closure on March 29, 2023, ushering in spring. Driving the eight-kilometer road with a snow wall up to 6.5 meters high will be permitted from April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2023, shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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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.

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Akita inspects chicken farms over deadly avian flu virus

AKITA, Japan - Health officials inspect a chicken farm near Lake Towada in Akita on April 30 after the deadly H5N1 strain of avian influenza was detected in dead swans found in the lakeside town Kosaka on April 21.

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Snow is removed on the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, on March 29, 2022. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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Snow removed from road in northeastern Japan

Snow is removed on the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, on March 29, 2022. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line road in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2022, shows the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada. The road that has been closed during winter due to accumulated snow will reopen for vehicles on April 1.

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"Snow corridor" in northeastern Japan

Photo taken March 29, 2022, shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen the eight-kilometer section of the Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line, a road linking the northeastern Japan city of Aomori and Lake Towada, after its wintertime closure.

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