Originally Posted by
LapLap
That's not been my experience.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/6407771.stm
2007 was an oddity (and it did actually snow in parts of Tokyo that year) and I think the snow may have come late in 2009, but "snow only every few years" doesn't seem to be correct, not for Tokyo.
Perhaps "snow that accumulates every few years" is more accurate. Most snowfall in Tokyo melts on contact with the ground, and the snow that does stick almost all melts within two days.