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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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"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 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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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

People in ancient Japanese court-style attire participate in the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, in the western Japan city on May 15, 2016. Around 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses around an eight kilometer course from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Shimogamo and Kamigamo shrines, during the ancient capital's major festival, which dates back 1,400 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

A parade of the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, Japan, arrives at the Shimogamo Shrine on the way to Kamigamo Shrine on May 15, 2016. Around 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses along an eight-kilometer course from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Kamigamo Shrine during the festival, which dates back 1,400 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Annual Aoi festival held in Kyoto

A parade of the annual Aoi Matsuri, one of the three main festivals of Kyoto, Japan, arrives at the Shimogamo Shrine on the way to Kamigamo Shrine on May 15, 2016. Around 500 participants, dressed as nobles of the Heian Period (794-1185), walked with decorated ox carts and horses along an eight-kilometer course from Kyoto Imperial Palace to Kamigamo Shrine during the festival, which dates back 1,400 years. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"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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"Snow corridor" completed in Aomori

Photo shows a "snow corridor," or walls of snow created every spring to reopen an eight-kilometer section of a road after its wintertime closure in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 27, 2015, the day when work building the corridor ended ahead of the tourism season. Vehicles will be allowed to go through the section from April 1. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"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