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Snow continues in western Japan; 110 passengers spend night on bullet train
Swathes of western Japan and areas along the Sea of Japan continued to see snowfall Monday due to a strong winter pressure pattern, and the Meteorological Agency warned against avalanches and further traffic disruptions.
About 110 passengers stayed overnight on a Sanyo Shinkansen Line train at Okayama Station after it arrived around 2 a.m. Monday.
The bullet train, bound for Shin-Osaka Station, had been stalled en route for about two hours due to a breakdown of railway equipment, apparently caused by the snow.
In Nichinan, Tottori Prefecture, on the Sea of Japan coast, an 88-year-old woman died and her son and his wife suffered leg injuries after a landslide hit their house at around 4:40 a.m. Monday.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/01/25/national/snow-continues-western-japan-110-passengers-spend-night-bullet-train/#.Vqah6E8s_Mo