The tradition of removing snow in the Oze National Park, a popular scenic spot in Japan, has become a major task this year because of unexpected snowfall just a week before the hiking season starts.
Seventeen guides and Environment Ministry officials took part in the annual activity on Friday at one of the mountains in the park that straddles 3 prefectures north of Tokyo.
Mountain trails, which are closed during the winter, usually have little snow at this time of the year.
But 50 centimeters of fresh snow is covering the paths.
The chief guide says he is surprised by the unseasonal snowfall, and he has never seen such deep snow before the start of the hiking season.
The trails will be open for hikers on May 21st.
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