SAPPORO—This ski season in Hokkaido, a growing number of skiers and snowboarders have gotten lost in the backcountry after ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...

The city of Aomori, located in Aomori Prefecture, in the far north of Japan’s main island, Honshu, is the snowiest city in ...

Vitus Stenhøj Schiøtz from Denmark was overwhelmed in Tokyo but found a home away from home in a ski resort where he can ...

The best places to go in Asia in 2025 are a study in how vast and varied the continent is. From the ancient gingkgo forests ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

In the 24 hours to 11 a.m. on Feb. 6, 65 cm of snow landed in Kaneyama, Fukushima Prefecture, 55 cm in Shirakawa in Gifu Prefecture, and 54 cm in Akaigawa, Hokkaido. Kagoshima on the main island ...

According to reports received by the Japan Meteorological Agency, 47 inches of snowfall occurred during a 12-hour period on Monday in Obihiro, on the island of Hokkaido, with weeklong totals ...