You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in parts of Japan.
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Snow has been falling along the Sea of Japan coast and in the mountainous ... fell in Nozawaonsen Village in Nagano Prefecture. The depth of snow exceeded the season's average in many areas ...