Snowboarder discovers dead woman's leg sticking out on slopes of Hokkaido ski resort

The snowboarder came across a leg sticking out of the snow while out in the hilly region of Akaigawa Village in Hokkaido. - ISTOCKPHOTO

TOKYO (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A winter holiday in a Japan ski resort turned into a grisly discovery for a snowboarding tourist when she stumbled upon a corpse on the slopes.

The snowboarder was enjoying a day out in the hilly region of Akaigawa Village in western Hokkaido on Monday morning when she came across a leg sticking out of the snow, reported The Hokkaido Shimbun.