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

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 ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts ... received 85 cm of snow while 78 cm landed in Shirakawa village in Gifu Prefecture. The strong winter pressure ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido--More than 3,000 passengers were stranded at Shin-Chitose Airport here through the early morning hours on Feb. 24 as heavy snowfall brought the region’s train services to a ...

In the 24 hours leading up to Wednesday morning, snowfall reached 99 centimeters in Joetsu, Niigata Prefecture; 97 cm in the town of Honbetsu, Hokkaido; and 85 cm in the village of Shirakawa ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, as of 4 p.m. on Feb. 6, the maximum amount of snowfall for the 48-hour period reached 127 centimeters in the village ... of Hokkaido and in western ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), heavy snowfall fell in many places in central and northern Hokkaido on Tuesday due to a winter pressure pattern. The JMA said that more than 20 ...