EPISODE 13 Digging Out: The Morning After a Record Snowstorm

After the record-breaking blizzard, Sapporo had to dig itself out — and the aftermath was almost as dramatic as the storm itself. This episode is the other side of being snowed in: a whole city slowly coming back to life. Snow ploughs, streets buried under a meter of snow, the strange quiet chaos of trains and roads reopening one by one, and finally the highway out toward Biei — the place I'd been trying to reach when the storm first hit. The end of eight unplanned days in Sapporo, and the bridge to the next chapter. 00:00 Intro — the morning after 00:55 A city under a meter of snow 06:33 Digging out — ploughs, shovels & slow chaos 11:50 The city comes back to life 12:57 Roads reopen — finally leaving for Biei 13:50 Outro — what the storm gave me #JapanTravel #Sapporo #HokkaidoWinter #SnowStorm #JapanTravel2026 Part of Moments with Yan: 60 Days in Japan.