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@twophrasebark: Well chances are their biology aren't compatible with ours, in fact it's probably a given.

@jawamachines: Well I remember an old 3D display tech that used pyramid shaped pixels that could display different colors at each side of the pyramid to achieve the same effect described in this article.

@SkipErnst: Yeah I really noticed that too. Funny effect.

@TheLostVikings: And they clear paths that looks like they were cut into the snow, because that is exactly what happened.

@TheLostVikings: And rotary snow cutters are basically industrial sized snowblowers.

@TheLostVikings: The vertical walls are because they used rotary snow cutters.

@ZenInsight: Don't be stupid, they are not photoshopped at all.

@Ssscorpion: The rotary snow cutters we use here in Norway are height adjustable, they probably use much the same types of gear in Japan too.

@R-GTI: It's Japan: [gizmodo.com]

@rjp is protected: We have that in Norway.

@bugstomper: Rotary snow cutters spreads the snow out evenly instead of piling it into a heap.

@MacAttack: Nah, the snow is hard packed, basically a wall of ice, so it wont fall down easily.

@ian.g.case: They use rotary snow cutters. They are exactly like a snowblower, just industrial size.

@therealmav: It's not a Photoshop.

@TheLostVikings: It might look like it wouldn't be able to handle very tall snowdrifts, but remember that as it takes out the bottommost snow the rest falls down to where it can reach it.

@TheLostVikings: And this is what it looks like from the front.

@ModernBawhair: Hi2U Rotary Snow Cutter.

Sounds like voxels to me, and they have been around for quite some time now.

@bombastinator: Apparently they still make them today.