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Dashing through the snow in Sapporo
When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...
Parts of northern Japan have 4 feet of snow and more is falling
Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...
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Residents in Northern Japan stuck in homes after record snowfall
Residents in Hokkaido, Japan became stuck in their homes after a record-breaking 4 feet of snow fell in the region in just 12 hours on February 4. Air travel was severely disrupted, over 370 schools ...
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Entombed in snow: documenting Japan’s hibernating bats
Researching this bizarre sight, they could only find a few historical mentions of ... It wasn’t fun. In Hokkaido, several metres of snow carpet the forest each winter. This thick layer of ...
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Global warming poses threat to Hokkaido’s powder snow
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 ...
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Ski resort with escalator opens beside Fighters’ baseball stadium
KITA-HIROSHIMA, Hokkaido--A compact ski resort for beginners has opened in the F Village ballpark complex that features the home stadium of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters pro baseball team. Snow ...