In Sado City, Niigata Prefecture, where power outages continued in some areas due to heavy snowfall, volunteers from the citizens of Niigata Prefecture held a meal service on the 22nd.
According to the Tohoku Electric Power Network, about 2,900 households in Sado City had a power outage as of 1:00 pm on the 22nd due to the heavy snow, and in some areas it has been five days since the power outage.
Under these circumstances, around noon on the 22nd in Iwakubi, Sado City, where power outages continued, volunteers who run restaurants and other establishments in the city served a hot meal at the closed elementary school gymnasium.
Hot food such as tamagoyaki, miso soup, oden, and milk tea were served at the soup kitchen, and the recipients slowly savored them.
A woman in her 70s said, "The power has not been restored, and it's pitch black at night and I'm very lonely. I couldn't use the TV or phone, so it was hard to find a distraction, but I'm glad I was able to eat delicious food and talk with everyone here. I was talking.
Mr. Kyoji Tachi, who participated in the soup kitchen, said, "Our area was without power until yesterday, and it would be a waste to throw away the ingredients of the restaurant, so we decided to start a soup kitchen. I would be happy if I could be of some help. I was talking.
Temporary snow dump site set up in Nagaoka, Niigata
In Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, which experienced a record heavy snowfall, a temporary snow disposal site was hurriedly set up on the riverbed of the city, and dump trucks carrying large amounts of snow are arriving one after another.
Nagaoka City hastily set up a temporary snow disposal site on the riverbed of the river that flows through the city from the 22nd.
According to the city, snow dumps are often set up from the beginning of the year, but this record-breaking snowfall has pushed it forward.
Niigata Prefecture is expected to have heavy snow again from the 23rd, and dump trucks from snow removal companies visited the snow disposal site one after another to remove a large amount of snow.
A man from a snow removal business said, "We have received a lot of requests to remove the snow from the roof. It's rare for this much snow to fall in December, so I think every business is in a hurry."