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Experience the ultimate relaxation at Chalet Ivy Jozankei in Hokkaido, where luxury meets tranquility with a private onsen in ...

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When much of Japan is blanketed in humidity and summer heat, Hokkaido steps in like a breath of fresh air. Literally. With its cool, dry climate and dramatic natural beauty, Japan’s northernmost ...

May 31 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Hokkaido in Japan on Saturday afternoon, the country's Meteorological Agency said, adding that it hit at a depth of 20 km (12 miles).

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The fishing port is quiet with almost no catch in Hakodate, Hokkaido, on June 2, 2025, as the fishing season for Japanese flying squid starts. (Mainichi/Kunihiko Misawa) HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The ...

But peer past those wonders, since immortalized odes and ukiyo-e woodblock prints, to find Gero, a quiet onsen town in Gifu prefecture with the placid, pastoral charm of a Studio Ghibli movie.

Moderately powerful earthquakes have been hitting Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, but weather officials say they are unlikely to trigger larger quakes. The Meteorological Agency says ...

“I see many parallels between Hokkaido and WA,” says Nobukazu “Nobu” Muraki, owner and head chef of Ten and Sen, a specialist joint bringing spicy ramen from the north of Japan to Leederville.

Russia has informed Japan that it will conduct shooting drills in waters north of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa ...

OTARU, Hokkaido--In an apparent "rebellion" at an aquarium here, penguins on a diving platform ignored the instructions of a keeper, who motioned to them to jump into water. They also refused to ...