Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- The tourism industry in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, is trying out helicopter tours as a premium travel option, hoping to attract affluent visitors who want a time ...

Hong Kong director-producer Johnnie To has been scouting locations for a new action movie in northern Japan, leading to ... in the snowy northern district of Hokkaido, since late December last ...

Record snowfall was seen in northern Japan this week, particularly in the city of Obihiro ... Footage filmed by Instagram user @_ran_bb shows a wintry scene on the northern island of Hokkaido. Credit: ...

SAPPORO, Feb 5 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off as an ... One of the sculptures depicts Japan's Haruka Kitaguchi, who won the gold medal in the ...

Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki, at the opening ceremony of the festival, mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

U.S. Navy sailors carved a replica of an F-35C Lightning II for their entry in the 75th annual Sapporo Snow Festival on Japan’s northernmost ... Tsugaru Strait from Hokkaido, and from Yokosuka ...

SAPPORO—This ski season in Hokkaido, a growing number of skiers and snowboarders have gotten lost in the backcountry after venturing beyond resort boundaries. On Feb. 5, a rescue request was ...