It hardly snows in Japan's capital city, but this week, central Tokyo received a rare 6cm of snow.
The busy metropolis, so unaccustomed to dealing with this much snow, has ground to a halt. The famously punctual train lines have slowed to a crawl, affecting some 41,000 passengers, said the Japan Times. 40 people in Tokyo have also been sent to the hospital.
It seems Tokyoites are coping with the mayhem by sculpting some truly terrifying creatures out of the snow.
"I wish people would stop making these whenever it snows."
雪積もる度に作るのやめてほしい pic.twitter.com/aaEVI7XuKX— Ness (@RomSpeed) January 18, 2016
A face outside Waseda station:
早稲田駅の近くに顔あった。 pic.twitter.com/DMAFpuhOPI— 遠藤勇汰 (@DYuta0312) January 18, 2016
早稲田駅になんかいた（笑） pic.twitter.com/rhU069R1Zx— ﾅﾆ くひ 3 (@Oppoinadversity) January 18, 2016
A photo posted by maki (@m4529aki0722) on Jan 19, 2016 at 8:46am PST
A photo posted by 田中けんた (@mihimarines) on Jan 19, 2016 at 3:06am PST
Some snowmen are downright nightmarish:
A photo posted by @clare0130_ on Jan 19, 2016 at 8:35pm PST
A photo posted by 組 子 (@kumiradabk) on Jan 18, 2016 at 2:23am PST
A photo posted by まさ (@masa2west) on Jan 8, 2016 at 8:43am PST
"It died."
A photo posted by 髙橋務（ジョニー） (@irritantdesign) on Jan 17, 2016 at 5:39pm PST
The last time this happened in Tokyo in 2014, the snow creatures came out to play as well.
I made my boyfriend with snow . Lol pic.twitter.com/Ag77dL3kd2— .saaya (@chitokutoraxoxo) February 15, 2014
In the face of this I should retire from the snowman building business. Hachiko, Shibuya. pic.twitter.com/WmGiVRwspJ— Byron Kidd (@tokyobybike) February 15, 2014