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Spot rare wildlife, soak in a hot spring and sail in a frozen wonderland on Japan’s northernmost island.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, 47 inches of snowfall occurred during a 12-hour period on Monday in Obihiro, ...

A powerful low-pressure system is unleashing record-breaking snowfall along Hokkaido ... along the Sea of Japan, the cold air mass is also pushing westward, spreading snow to the Kyushu region ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing ... and the accumulation of snow is expected to increase, especially on the Sea of Japan side. Heavy snow will fall mainly ...

The snow also caused closures of post offices and other distribution services, delaying deliveries within Hokkaido and to destinations across Japan. Hokkaido officials called on the residents and ...

Northern Japan received record snowfall on February 4. The city of Obihiro observed 124 centimetres of snowfall in 24 hours ...

The snow also caused closures of post offices and other distribution services, delaying deliveries within Hokkaido and to destinations across Japan. Hokkaido officials called on the residents and ...

Without the images it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. In just 12 hours, the city of Obihiro got 47 inches (about 4 ...

TOKYO — Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural ...