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[VIDEO] Wild Boar Attacks Snowboarders in Myoko Kogen, Japan

Snowboarder Boar

A wild boar has attacked two snowboarders in the Japanese ski resort of Myoko Kogen. The incident was filmed by the proprietors of a ski & snowboard shop called Joey’s in Akakura Myoko. The animal came from behind, attacking an unsuspecting snowboarder at the bottom of the run, knocking him to the ground, before making a beeline for another snowboarder. […]

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Julia Schneemann | February 8, 2023
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Photo Tour: Japan Gets 10 Feet of Snow in 7 Days

Seven days. 10 Feet of snow. Happy skiers. No need to rub it in, Japan.  SnowJapan.com reports that the skiing hub of Myoko, Japan just received over 10 feet of snowfall in the last seven days.  That’s almost a foot-and-a-half of sky-given goodness every day for the quiet, skiing-oriented region of Myoko which averages 550 inches of snowfall every season.  And […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | December 22, 2020
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Japan Snow Continues To Go Off 13-Foot Snowpacks = The Norm

Japan is having one heck of a big winter this year. There is more snow on the ground here right now than there has been at any point in the past 8 years. Many ski resorts on the main isle of Honshu already have over 4-meter (13.1-feet) deep snowpacks. This January has been almost nothing but big storms. The second two weeks of December were exceptionally snowy as well skyrocket the Japanese snowpack to record levels. Things have filled in in a way we don’t generally see here. Pillows are bigger, lines are smoother, new options have opened up, and the bushes and low trees are nonexistent. […]

SnowBrains | January 23, 2015
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