More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on Sunday, in what the local weather bureau called the coldest air this winter to sweep the country&… ...

While many of Japan’s 500 or so ski areas are having a banner season, ... Obihiro, in the southern part of Hokkaido, on Feb. 4, when the city received 50 inches of snow in 12 hours.

The agency predicted up to 100 centimeters (3.2 feet) of snowfall in northwestern Japan and 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) more snowfall in Hokkaido over the next 24 hours through Wednesday evening.

A snow sculpture of Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is covered with snow at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. Credit: AP ...

Japan’s Favorite Snowy Mountain Finally Has Some Snow Mount Fuji, the country’s tallest summit, is revered for its snowy peak. A snowfall reported on Wednesday ended its longest snowless ...

A giant snow corridor has been ploughed through the northern Alps in central Japan, finally enabling the route to reopen to traffic after being closed all winter. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route ...

Nanao City had 3 centimeters of snow, and Suzu City had 2 centimeters as of 6 p.m. The agency warns that localized heavy snow can be expected along the Sea of Japan on Friday and Saturday, as ...

A snow sculpture of Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani is covered with snow at the Sapporo Snow Festival, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025, in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

Heavy snow hits northern Japan, disrupting daily life People remove snow from a street in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) People remove snow from a street … ...

Heavy snow hits northern Japan, disrupting daily life The Associated Press Published: 04 February ,2025: 02:43 PM GST Updated: 04 February ,2025: 03:21 PM GST ...