Kirk here thinking that it’s pretty cold out these days. I saw a national (!) news report this afternoon about cars and trucks stuck in traffic in the Minamata area. I’m not sure if they were talking about the traffic jam that you see in the picture, which occurred in the Minamata area this morning but, in either case, it’s clear that snow and ice caused significant problems in Kumamoto Prefecture today.
https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/354920f94c3f1ea1f41014d458b0cda9c0a093f5