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Snow Canyon Roadway Image
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The claim
Caption on a circulating image depicting a roadway at the bottom of a deep snow canyon suggests that the picture was taken in Canada.
What the fact-checkers found
This story was first published on January 7, 2014
The image is genuine, but it was taken in Japan, not Canada. Astute observers will notice that the vehicles are driving on the left side of the road, not the right as they would in Canada. The road is known as the Yuki-no-Otani snow canyon and is located in Japan’s Toyama prefecture. The snow canyon has become a tourist attraction in its own right.
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