Snow piled up in the Tokyo metropolitan area since dawn
Traffic disrupted in many areas
February 29, 2012, Kotesashi, Japan - A lone pedestrian makes his way in the snow in Kotesasi, a western bedroom suburb of Tokyo, on Wednesday, February 29, 2012. A freak early spring storm triggered by low pressure in the Pacific Ocean south of Japan brought fresh snow over wide swaths in the Kanto Area from the wee hours of Wednesday, disrupting land-sea-air transportation services. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-