nhk world, toyama. >> although toyama prefecture has no reported infections, tourists are still staying away. they're looking to stay healthy for the brighter times ahead. >>> it's time for world weather with sayaka mori. how unusual was the situation this weekend? >> it was a surprise. we didn't forecast that much snow, actually. it was the heaviest snow in 32 years for late march and the third heaviest snow for late march too. tokyo expeerienced 1 centimeter of snow on the ground. and 23 sent meters in nikeo. and on tuesday it's going to be even warmer. tokyo's high will be 17 then warming up to 20 degrees on thursday. and wednesday's going to be a little bit on the cooler side though. sapporo will see unusually high temperatures at least for the next couple of days, but snow will once again hit the area on your friday. fukuoka and osaka be will gloomy the next few days. cherry blossoms have arrived. and today the flowers people -- reach their peak in kyoto. and on saturday, sendai began cherry blossoms blooming. that is two weeks earlier than average. let's go to north america. durin

saw a high of 2 24 in toyama. that's over 10 degrees higher than normal this tomb of year.hey will likely see heavy snow and powerful winds too. thanks to warm weather action just the north of tokyo saw the flowers,s, cherry blossoms bega blooming. beautiful weather will likely enhance the blooming of cherry blossoms for the next several days. but tonight tokyo will see rainy weather. we have a low pressure system approaching central japan. because the low will move over the kanto region, tokyo will see heavy rainfall with possibility of thunderstorms tonight. rain will likely ease by friday. another storm too the north wil pass northern japan including hoke we coe. not just that, winds are going to be very powerful. gustss would be o over 140 kilometers and waves up to 7 meters on your friday and saturday. stormy weather expected across the north. meanwhile, tokyo's high 20 on friday and 21 on saturday so sunny and calm conditions will continue in tokyo. osakaa and fukukuoka will likel see gloomy conditions especially on sunday evening. meanwhile it's the thought of astron