To use this site, please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page.
This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content, and analyzing our website traffic. By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies.
Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
The Yomiuri Shimbun A snowplow train pushes snow off the tramway tracks in Sapporo on Thursday.
The Yomiuri Shimbun
December 3, 2021
SAPPORO — A snowplow train was deployed for the first time this winter to clear tramway tracks during a snowstorm in Sapporo on Thursday.
Attached to the front and back of the train are thinly sliced pieces of bamboo, which quickly rotates to clear a path. The bamboo is bound together to form several brushes called sasara, giving the train its nickname of “sasara densha,” meaning sasara train.
A maximum wind speed of 37.8 meters per second was recorded at the Erimo Cape in the town of Erimo, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency’s Sapporo Regional Headquarters.
