You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

Snow has hit wide areas of Japan since late Monday, February 3, as the “strongest cold front this season” arrived in the ...

A curated guide to essential gear, from technical layers to looking suave at après, by the brands that define winter in Japan ...

Tokaido Shinkansen bullet trains on some sections between Mikawa-Anjo near Nagoya in central Japan and Osaka are operating at ...

Due to the coldest wave of the season, the Japanese archipelago experienced heavy snow mainly on the Sea of Japan coast Feb.

An inflow of the coldest air mass this season has intensified snowfalls mainly in areas along the Sea of Japan coast. Snow is even falling in flatlands around Japan's central to western regions, where ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had ...

This year’s festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall.

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

This is the amusing moment a resident leapt into 4ft deep snow in Hokkaido, Japan. Footage shows a resilient local jumping ...

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

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.