I was supposed to go to Niseko this weekend for 5 days.  The flight was from Fukushima Airport – about an hours drive north of here directly to Sapporo, maybe an hours flight.  Of course this was the weekend that the second snowstorm hit Japan, so we had a fair bit of snow through Friday night.  Anyway, I had got some sites from my colleagues to check the trains, highways, 
Airport for closures and I had winter tires, so I figured Id work it out !

On Saturday I woke up at 5 am and checked outside (much snow); went online and checked the highway (closed in places) Fukushima Airport (open); Shinkansen (working).

  
Got to Nasu station, still open, bought my ticket, waited, waited, waited, many differing Japanese announcements, finally I understood the  trains are stopped. Got a refund, drove home in MUCH heavier snow.
Re-booked my flight for the evening.

My car park was completely blocked with snow and ice (actually the ice being the bigger problem) –  so I could not leave home, that ended my trip for Saturday. i re-booked my flight for Sunday evening, cancelled Saturday night Niseko Hotel.  Then I dug my car out of the snow for the next day.  Around lunchtime we also lost power, ultimately for about 8  hours but I was OK-  I was warm from digging so much snow from around my car,  I had candles, gas to cook and blankets.

Got to Koriyama, very heavy snowfall, found the Airport Bus place – CLOSED!  Taxi line was more than 60-80 people and only one Taxi every few minutes…  So after waiting for a little time, I just gave up and decided to cancel and come home as there was no way I could get to Fukushima in time and there was so much snow, I really thought that it was unlikely I would make it anyway.