Last night it snowed heavily in areas around Tokyo.
In Tokyo we have snow several times in a season, but usually it’s a light one.
So the city is not quite prepared for the heavy snow and when it does, you expect the local public transportation to be delayed significantly.
Japan is famous for its punctuality, but when it snows in Tokyo, it’s certainly not the case. This morning, I had to leave home earlier than usual to commute because I knew that the trains were running behind schedule. 
A suburb of Tokyo, this morning
When we, the people in Tokyo, say “heavy snow”, however, it’s actually a normal snow for those who live in northern, or mountainous areas of Japan. As you can see on the map, Japan is widely stretching north to south. When it scores – 15℃ in Hokkaido, the northern most parts of Japan, you can spend a day with T-shirts in Okinawa, the southern most islands. This huge difference of climate surely changes the way in which people live and think. I would say that it’s one of the sources of diversity of Japanese culture.
Y.F.