Press Photo Japanese children having snowball fight after drought

Snow Breaks Tokyo's 71 days of Aridity.: After a record 71-days without rain, Tokyo had a snowfall instead, the first of the this winter. It made Tokyo's Fire Department happy, as it dampened down tinder-dry homes built of wood, and ancient wooden temples. Drivers however were unhappy as the snow caused big slow-down traffic jams, and expressways were closed if cars were not, and snowballing was the game Photo shows Naughty boys tease two little girls with a snowball barrage, and although one girl takes cover in a door way, another fights back.

Photo measures 8.5 x 5.75 inches.

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