The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country ... NOTE: Looped video Video Location: Rusutsu, Hokkaido, Japan Video Recording Date/Time: February 4, 2025 ...

Excludes flights. Hokkaido’s most westerly ski resort Kiroro is famous for having the highest average snowfall in Japan’s northernmost prefecture. Its location, just 28km from the coast ...

The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain are usually dusted in snow by early October, but as of Tuesday the summit has remained bare – raising the alarm of the impacts of the climate crisis on ...

Snow usually dusts the summit of Japan’s tallest mountain by early ... they rose to 1.6C (34.9F), the highest since 1932. This warm spell followed Japan’s hottest summer on record, influenced ...

But because of warm weather, this year no snowfall has yet been observed on Japan's highest mountain, said Yutaka Katsuta, a forecaster at Kofu Local Meteorological Office. That marks the latest ...

Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of Hokkaido recorded the highest snowfall on record in the country ...