An official with Japan’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency said a woman in her 70s died after she was buried underneath snow that fell off a roof in Nagai city, Yamagata prefecture ...

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MORIOKA -- Tourists are flocking to the Hachimantai Aspite Line, a scenic road connecting northern Japan's Iwate and Akita prefectures, to see the impressive "snow corridor," a deep snow trench with ...

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The Japan Meteorological Agency said ... as of 5 a.m. on Jan. 25. The snow in Tsuyama, Okayama Prefecture, measured a record 44 cm deep, while it was 11 cm deep in Tsu, Mie Prefecture, a record ...

While smatterings of snow usually begin to appear ... which tied 2023 for the hottest summer on record in Japan, unseasonably warm weather stretched deep into autumn. Tomoki Tanaka, a researcher ...

Colin Hackworth treks into the backwoods of Japan’s Niseko mountain to show off a favorite stash of fresh powder. Dropping down a steep face, he dips into the knee-deep snow, shooting up ...

Cherry blossoms bloom over a snow-covered field in the village of Okura, Yamagata Prefecture, on May 1, 2025. Known as one of Japan's heaviest snowfall areas, the village is experiencing the ...