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Tokyo gets snowfall in November for first time in 54 years

Meteorologists forecast up to 2 centimeters (1 inch) would fall, and more in the mountains northwest of Tokyo.

By :  sadhguru jaggi vasudev
Update: 2016-11-24 04:38 GMT
Tokyo residents woke up Thursday to the first November snowfall in more than 50 years.
Snow on the ground is called sekisetsu, and declared when more than half a designated area in Tokyo, called Kitanomaru, turns white, the agency said.
The last time it snowed in central Tokyo in November was 1962.
The snow caused minor train delays during the morning commute.
Meteorologists forecast up to 2 centimeters (1 inch) would fall, and more in the mountains northwest of Tokyo.
Above-freezing temperatures kept the snow from sticking in most places, though it did accumulate on sidewalks and cars in Tokyo's far western suburbs.
An unusually cold air mass brought wet snow to Japan's capital.
Meteorologists forecast up to 2 centimeters (1 inch) would fall, and more in the mountains northwest of Tokyo.

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