Arashi member Jun Matsumoto (26) was involved in a minor car accident on Monday. Fortunately, neither he nor the driver of the other car was hurt.

At about 11:15pm on Monday, Matsumoto was driving in Tokyo’s Meguro ward when he rear-ended the car of a female Tokyo resident. Police say that both drivers were trying to stop at a red light, but the street had a downward slope and the road was slippery due to snow.

Although neither party was injured, the front bumper of Matsumoto’s car and the rear bumper of the woman’s car were damaged.

From Tokyograph

For those who plan to travel to Tokyo, will need to pay special attention due to the recent weather conditions; this is the first time in two years that it had snowed. Due to the harsh weather, a total of 116 people nationwide had been admitted to the hospital. Matsumoto Jun from the popular teen-idol group (Arashi) was also involved in an accident caused by these slippery conditions.

Since this is the first time in two years that Tokyo has experienced a snowfall, everyone is excited even journalists are eager to provide real-time reports. Many people are happy for this long overdue weather, one said “It finally feels like a winter morning. The snow is so beautiful, but dangerous as well, please be careful not to slip.”

The Meteorological Agency predicted that 5cm of snow will accumulate. Unfortunately, not too long after the first snowflakes had fallen, 116 people were injured in the Kanto region. Due to the lack of snow, most have yet to install snow chains onto their tires yet. Within a day, more than 1000 car accidents had been reported.

Even on the first night of the snowfall, Matsumoto Jun had slid on the ice and rear-ended a car waiting at the traffic light; fortunately there were no injuries.

Translated from NOWnews

News coverage from FNN regarding where the accident had occurred:

I was extremely worried when I read the news on NOWNews, thank goodness that no one was injured. Yokatta ne! Poor guy, I’m glad that he is safe now.

I’ve being living in Pennsylvania for 20+ years now and driving in the slippery conditions is not something you want to experience. The worst I had experienced was commuting from work to home after six inches of snow/ice had fallen. Never again!! I would rather take the day off and make it up during the weekend.

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