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SPOTTED: Cup Noodles Shovelling Snow All Alone In Japan

Happy Random Wednesday! Over the weekend, a mascot was spotted shovelling snow following a storm in Japan.

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One diligent Cup Noodles employee was spotted shovelling snow outside the Nissin Cup Noodles Museum

But this weekend in Yokohama, Japan, one diligent Cup Noodles employee donned his branded, oversized foam duds and got out there to clear the walk.

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Cup Noodles was first invented in 1958 by Momofuku Ando. The ramen museum has various Cup Noodles displays and do-it-yourself experiences where visitors can mix and match various soups and ingredients for a customised Cup Noodles.

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The heaviest snow in two decades struck Tokyo and other areas across Japan that same weekend

More than 740 flights were grounded as the weather agency issued a severe storm warning for the capital, while more than 40,000 households lost power.

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The snowfall was the heaviest since the 30 centimeters that accumulated in March 1969. The one-day snowfall was enough to tie for the eighth largest recorded monthly accumulated snowfall ever, as well as being the fourth largest accumulated monthly total after World War II.

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Entrance exam takers head for Chuo University in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo, on Saturday morning as snow hits the metropolitan area.

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A jetliner of Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) taxis at Tokyo's Haneda airport covered by the snow on February 8, 2014.

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Japan slammed by rare and deadly snowstorm People walk in a snowy in Tokyo, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014.

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The heaviest snow in decades in Tokyo and other areas of Japan has left at least five dead and 600 injured.

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Japan's Rare Snowstorm. Railway station workers shove snow from the street in Yokohama, Japan, Saturday, Feb.

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Heavy snow warnings were issued for the first time in 13 years

Last time such warnings were issued, on Jan. 27, 2001, up to eight centimeters of snow accumulated in central Tokyo.

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The Japan Meteorological Agency, which issued warnings of heavy snowfall Saturday morning, said the low pressure system would reach the Izu Islands on Saturday night, possibly causing violent snowstorms in and around the Kanto region.

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Someone on Reddit commented, "He should just lean over and pour some hot water over it..."

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While another thought it was "a lesson in humility - my job sucks but at least I don't have to shovel snow in tights and a Cup of Noodles costume"

But this weekend in Yokohama, Japan, one diligent Cup Noodles employee donned his branded, oversized foam duds and got out there to clear the walk.

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Users on Reddit respond to the photo of a mascot shovelling snow.

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