An avalanche occurred on the eastern slope of the Tenguhara area on Mount Hakuba-Norikuradake in Otari, Nagano Prefecture, on Jan. 29. Five foreign nationals were swept up in the avalanche ...
The 31-year-old American was one of two men killed in the slide in the central prefecture of Nagano on January 29. It happened in an unpatrolled area near a ski resort in the village of Otari.