On the night of the 23rd, a man in his 60s was found lying down on a prefectural road in Kumakogen Town, Ehime Prefecture, where heavy snow fell.
The man was taken to hospital, but was later confirmed dead.
According to the town and the fire department, around 8:30 pm on the 23rd, on the prefectural road in Nakakuroiwa, Kumakogen Town, Ehime Prefecture, a person who passed by said, "A man is lying down in the snow."
A man in his 60s who lived nearby was taken to the hospital by the rushed fire department, but he was confirmed dead about two hours later.
A man's car was stopped several hundred meters away from the scene, and the police are investigating the detailed situation.
On the 23rd, it continued to snow in Kumakōgen Town, and at 8:00 pm, we observed 76 centimeters of snow, the highest amount since we started collecting statistics.