YUZAWA, Japan >> The Inukko Matsuri (Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival), a traditional Lunar New Year festival in which people make ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular ... mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures ...

Winter in Hokkaido comes with meters of snow, literally.

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...