A man pushes a vehicle after it lost traction and skidded on a snow covered road in Tokyo on February 15, 2014 as trafic is disrupted after a heavy snowfall. Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty Trucks and cars are stranded by heavy snow on a national road in Karuizawa. Kyodo/Reuters Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force walk in an area stranded by heavy snow in Chichibu, Saitama prefecture. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force/Reuters A man walks out from a helicopter of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as he is rescued from a residential area stranded by heavy snow in Yamanashi prefecture, west of Tokyo. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force/Reuters The roof at Kodomonokuni Station on the Kodomonokuni Line of Tokyu Corp. in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, is seen collapsed by snow. Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and locals arrive at a tunnel covered by snow from an avalanche at Hinohara village, west part of Tokyo. Japan Ground Self-Defense Force/Reuters Pedestrians cross a street in the snow in Tokyo on February 15, 2014. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty A pedestrian loses her balance as she walks on a snow covered sidewalk in Tokyo. Getty Passengers gather in front of a check-in counter at Tokyo's Haneda airport. Kazuhiro Nogi/AFP/Getty Tourists looks at the Imperial Palace while holding umbrellas as snow falls in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg, via Getty