Hokkaido and its capital are so much more than just winter attractions. Sure, there’s something magical about the island’s ...

SHIMUKAPPU, Hokkaido -- The "Ice Hotel" at Hoshino Resorts ... This season, the floor layout has been updated to position beds with a view of the outdoors, and a newly added "ice terrace" provides ...

SAPPORO -- The problem of "overtourism," marked by an excessive concentration of travelers negatively impacting local ...

the northern end of the trail with a view of Kunashiri Island. The route offers an overwhelming sense of the immensity of the Earth and the sky that is hard to find elsewhere in Hokkaido despite ...

And Hokkaido is the place to go for a real winter wonderland experience, with places like Hoshino Resort Tomamu opening dreamy ice hotels that you can actually spend a night in. Photo: Hoshino ...

Although the view is overwhelmingly magnificent, the ice that makes it up is thinner than it used to be, scientists said. Kay Ohshima, a Hokkaido University professor of physical oceanography ...