SAPPORO—This ski season in Hokkaido, a growing number of skiers and snowboarders have gotten lost in the backcountry after ...

A flat-screen TV is available. The apartment offers bed linen, towels and laundry service. Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort is 23 km from the apartment, while Kita-Juni-Jo Station is 35 km from the property ...

Otaru Museum is 4.7 km from the holiday home, while Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort is 21 km away. Okadama Airport is 35 km from the property.

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SAPPORO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair Tuesday, featuring a multitude of ice and snow sculptures, attractions ...

Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido boasts pristine wilderness, home to endangered Steller's sea eagle ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...

People carve a lump of snow into the shape of a human face in the "Citizen's Snow Sculptures" area in Odori Park, in Sapporo's Chuo Ward in this Jan. 31, 2017, file photo. (Mainichi/Koichiro ...

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 ...

Qantas will be offering direct seasonal flights from Sydney to Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport, to help make it easier for travellers to reach Hokkaido’s world-class ski resorts on Japan's ...

Certain ski resorts seem to appear on every 'best of' list, but do the hard numbers actually match the reputation? Well, it's pretty hard to say, at least in the U.S. A lot of ski areas keep their ...

No matter how you feel about the present-day multi-pass duopoly, this much remains undeniable—the Ikon Pass (and its Vail Resorts counterpart, the Epic Pass) is a wickedly good deal. With one of these ...