Winter in Japan Virtual Tour: Snow Monsters, Otaru Canal and Kyoto in Snow | Japan

In winter, cold winds from Siberia bring heavy snow to Japan's Sea of Japan side, and in the Hakkoda Mountains of Aomori they turn whole pine trees into snow monsters covered in rime ice. Take a slow, quiet virtual journey through winter in Japan, from north to south. Along the way: why cold winds from Siberia bring heavy snow to the Sea of Japan side and sunny days to the Pacific side, the frozen coast of Hokkaido, the gas-lit Otaru Canal and its old warehouses, the red brick Former Hokkaido Government Office in Sapporo, a local train in the snow of Tohoku, the snow monsters of the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori, Tokyo and Kyoto under snow, the five wooden arches of the Kintai Bridge in Yamaguchi, and the plum blossoms that open in February. Watch next: Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park Virtual Walk: Monkeys in Hot Springs | Japan:    • Jigokudani Snow Monkey Park Virtual Walk: ...   Yahiko Shrine Virtual Walk in Winter Snow: Niigata's Sacred Mountain Shrine | Japan:    • Yahiko Shrine Virtual Walk in Winter Snow:...   All virtual walks (playlist):    • Japan Virtual Walks   Shorts:    / @japanpocketguide_walks   Subscribe for a new walk every week:    / @japanpocketguide_walks   Plan your trip to Japan: https://japanpocketguide.com/ Explore 15 famous places in Japan on Street View: https://japanpocketguide.com/things-t... Chapters 0:00 Why Japan gets so much snow 0:32 Hokkaido: frozen coast, Otaru Canal and Sapporo 1:14 Tohoku: Hakkoda's snow monsters 1:47 Tokyo and Kyoto in snow 2:21 The Kintai Bridge and the first plum blossoms Facts in this video come from: Japan Meteorological Agency: Climate of Japan https://www.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/cpd/lo... Japan Meteorological Agency: Climate of Kanto/Koshin https://www.data.jma.go.jp/gmd/cpd/lo... Japan Tourism Agency multilingual database: Otaru Canal https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/R5-... Japan Tourism Agency multilingual database: Otaru Canal warehouses https://www.mlit.go.jp/tagengo-db/R5-... Sapporo Travel (official): Former Hokkaido Government Office https://www.sapporo.travel/en/spot/fa... JNTO (official): Hakkoda Snow Monsters https://www.japan.travel/en/sports/sn... JNTO (official): Kyoto https://www.japan.travel/en/destinati... JNTO (official): Kintai Bridge https://www.japan.travel/en/spot/2191/ JNTO (official): Sakura and Beyond: Famous Japanese Flowers https://www.japan.travel/en/japan-mag... Footage: Pixabay (Kanenori, Solarselle77) Footage: Pexels (Nelemson G, Simo Herold) Narration: AI voice (Google Gemini). Music: original. #winterinJapan #Japaninwinter #Japanwintertravel #snowmonsters #Hakkoda