Niigata, where the sprinklers are located, is one of the snowiest places in Japan. It snows as much as Minneapolis, MN, but the place itself is in a subtropical climate, so it rarely gets below 0°C. Knowing this, the Japanese use sprinklers that spray warm underground water to melt snow on the roads.
There is not much information on the internet about this, I only found one video that explains it in detail: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyKgFUm6W4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyKgFUm6W4)
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I got to benefit from this when I lived in Fukushima. Made the commute a lot less treacherous.
They didn’t have it in Shimane and I distinctly recall wheels locking and sliding through a level crossing. If a train was coming, I’d have been doomed.
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Niigata, where the sprinklers are located, is one of the snowiest places in Japan. It snows as much as Minneapolis, MN, but the place itself is in a subtropical climate, so it rarely gets below 0°C. Knowing this, the Japanese use sprinklers that spray warm underground water to melt snow on the roads.
There is not much information on the internet about this, I only found one video that explains it in detail: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyKgFUm6W4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyKgFUm6W4)
I got to benefit from this when I lived in Fukushima. Made the commute a lot less treacherous.
They didn’t have it in Shimane and I distinctly recall wheels locking and sliding through a level crossing. If a train was coming, I’d have been doomed.