SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had been a record low snowfall this season. About 140 snow statues are ...

The answer to what makes Niseko's snow so amazing lies in its climate. Niseko is in the north of Japan and has two seas on ...

SHIMUKAPPU, Hokkaido—A JR express train was filled to 60-percent capacity when it left Sapporo Station for Shimukappu ... and her workplace. “I like snow and stars in Tomamu,” Shin added.

Modern rooms feature clean lines and thoughtful touches that don’t go unnoticed, while the staff’s warm hospitality will make you feel right at home faster than snow falls in a Hokkaido winter. Just a ...

The luxury sleeper train Cassiopeia, which once connected Tokyo’s Ueno Station with Hokkado’s Sapporo Station, is set to make ...

with the completion of the Hokkaido Shinkansen’s final 212-kilometer stretch between Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto and Sapporo stations officially delayed until at least the end of fiscal 2038 ...

Hokkaido's original Western-style wooden hotel served as lodgings for its first guest, the Meiji Emperor. Sapporo TV Tower You can enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the observation deck.

"Snow White" is no longer the fairest of them all at the box office. For "Snow White," this was a sharp decline from the film's initial $42 million debut last weekend. How steeply a movie declines ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

Following an already lukewarm opening, "Snow White" has plummeted in the box office after a little over a week in theaters. The controversy-laden film, starring Rachel Zegler and Gal Gadot ...