The capital of Japan, Tokyo, as well as the Kanto and Tokai regions, began to be covered with snow.
Flights are canceled in the country due to bad weather.
Heavy snow warning issued in Tokyo for the first time in 4 years.
As of 3:00 pm local time, there was 3 cm of snow in Tokyo, and 2 cm in Yokohama and Chiba.
Snow cover in these areas is observed for the first time this season.
By Friday afternoon, up to 10 cm of snow is expected in the mountainous regions and up to 5 cm in the plains of the Kanto region, which includes 23 districts of central Tokyo.
The air temperature is kept around zero, but in the evening and at night, according to forecasters, it can drop to minus two.
Because of the risk of ice crust formation, drivers and pedestrians are encouraged to be careful.
Heavy snow also falls in a number of other regions in eastern Japan, including Shizuoka and Kanagawa Prefectures.
