Hokkaido officials urged people to stay inside but said those who must drive should use snow tires and snow chains and keep shovels and sand in their vehicles in case they get stuck. Officials ...

However, this season, industry insiders were salivating as the La Niña weather pattern — a cyclical period of cooler weather ...

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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 ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6. The heavy snow is ...

Other causes of death include avalanches and falls into deep, loose snow around big trees. In Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido had reported 28 cases of people being stranded in the mountains ...

According to the South China Morning Post, a tour agency in Sapporo, Hokkaido ... Sand Beaches That'll Redefine Your Beach Getaways As soon as news of tourists travelling to Japan and paying for ...