Hokkaido, saw about 3.96 million visitors, matching the numbers from the first half of fiscal 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. On Jan. 23, a foreign tourist entered the railway tracks near the ...

With their close ties to the region, tourist trains also help revitalize the areas in which they run. In 2020, Tokyu Corporation's "THE ROYAL EXPRESS" started operating on JR Hokkaido. See why and ...

Following the tourist fatality on Jan. 23 at Asari Station, which was featured in the 2015 Chinese movie "Cities in Love," Hokkaido Railway Co. is considering adding safety announcements in ...

CHIPPUBETSU, Hokkaido—As sightseers from Thailand ... only an hour away from both Sapporo and Asahikawa, it has few tourist attractions of its own and was slow to catch the nationwide wave ...