Snow piled up in the Tokyo metropolitan area since dawn
Traffic disrupted in many areas
February 29, 2012, Kotesashi, Japan - A bronze crane statue shoots water against driving snow at Tokyo's Hibiya Park 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. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-