The JR Tsugaru Line was closed between Aomori ... but also to the Shikoku and Kyushu regions in western Japan. “Toward the weekend, snow could fall where it normally does not,” an agency ...

The Hirosaki Tsugaru Shamisen Tournament features the traditional Tsugaru Jongara Bushi performance. The video explores this cultural event and showcases the art of Tsugaru shamisen.

But it is, hopefully, full of surprises for even regular visitors to Japan, ones who might not yet ... or Japanese pubs. At Tsugaru Joppari Isariya Sakaba in Aomori City, diners sit around a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Modern Japan sounds like a sci-fi premise: the incredible shrinking country. Japan may have one of the longest national life expectancies, about 85 years, and the world's largest city, Tokyo.

Disney’s live-action “Snow White” arrives on digital platforms next week, and as part of the bonus features on the movie, fans will get to see a few scenes that didn’t make the cut ...

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

The amount of snow covering Swiss glaciers at the end of the winter this year was 13% below the 2010-2020 average, said a group of glacier monitoring experts on Monday. Each spring, when snow ...

The "Conclave" star has been cast as President Coriolanus Snow in the upcoming prequel, "Sunrise on the Reaping," the official "Hunger Games" X account revealed Friday, May 16. Set to premiere ...