https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/18/record-snowfall-in-japan-
forces-hundreds-of-drivers-to-sleep-in-their-cars

More than 1,000 people in Japan were forced to spend the night in their 
cars on Thursday after record snowfall blanketed parts of the country.

The first few motorists traveling on an expressway connecting Tokyo with 
Niigata on the Japan Sea coast found their route blocked on Wednesday 
evening, according to media reports.

The number of trapped cars grew quickly on Thursday as huge quantities of 
snow fell on central and northern Japan. At one point the line of vehicles 
stretched for 10 miles (16.5km).

Members of the self-defence forces were called in to provide food, 
blankets and fuel to motorists forced to spend the night in their cars.

Japan