Hokkaido and its capital are so much more than just winter attractions. Sure, there’s something magical about the island’s snow-covered landscapes. But the magic is there no matter the time of year: ...

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

BIBAI, Hokkaido—A data center here that uses snow to cool down its heated servers is now using the snowmelt to farm eels. Around 1,700 elvers brought in by plane from Kobe were released into ...