Beyond Japan’s popular Golden Route, relaxing hot springs, snow-capped peaks, and rare wildlife await visitors looking for a slower pace. Travelers can enjoy the national parks in Japan’s Hokkaido ...

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A snow sculpture is seen at a venue for the Sapporo Snow Festival in the city's Chuo Ward, Feb. 4, 2026. (Mainichi/Kenichi Mito) SAPPORO -- Due to warm air flowing in from the south, Hokkaido on Feb.

Patrick Dempsey stars as a hitman with Alzheimer's in a new crime thriller - and it is keeping audiences on the edge of their seats. The actor, 60, best known as Dr. Derek Shepherd on Grey's Anatomy, ...

BIBAI, Hokkaido—A golf resort here has used its off-season—and the accompanying heavy snowfalls--to turn around its business and perhaps save this depopulated city from financial ruin. Bibai city had ...

Emergency services were called to a ski resort in Niseko, Hokaido in Japan on February 2 after reports a man became lost in the mountains. Early reports from local media indicate he disappeared in an ...

Tokyo | A second Australian has died in a skiing incident in Japan in less than a week, authorities said on Wednesday, following a series of accidents involving foreign visitors during the peak winter ...

SAPPORO -- The 76th Sapporo Snow Festival, a celebration of snow and ice adding a vibrant touch to winter in Hokkaido, opened Feb. 4 across three venues in this northern Japan city, including Odori ...

Heavy snowfall paralyzed transportation around New Chitose Airport in Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Jan. 25, leaving about 7,000 passengers stranded overnight as flights, trains, and ...

Dozens of people have died, including two Australians, as record-breaking snowfall blankets the north Dozens of people have died in Japan after record-breaking snowfall blanketed northern regions of ...

Hokkaido in winter really does feel like you’ve wandered into a snow globe. The snow is soft, almost powdery, and it covers everything—lakes freeze over, hot springs send up clouds of steam, and even ...