The World’s Snowiest Place Is Starting to Melt. The mountains of northwestern Japan have long received up to 125 feet of snow a year—but that's starting to change, prompting locals to ask how ...

Japan’s north island of Hokkaido is the snowiest place on Earth Credit: Corbis - Getty. Locals speak of Juhyo — ghostly figures made of ice and snow that line up along the pistes.

Blizzards pummel Japan’s northern city of Aomori yearly, making it one of the snowiest major cities on the planet – and a fantastic travel destination for deep-powder seekers.

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The competition for the accolade of snowiest city in the world is icily fierce. In this ranking by AccuWeather, the U.S, Canada and Japan duke it out for the top prize.

Verdict: Japan nudges out North America for the snowiest annual snowfall totals in the world -- but B.C. isn't far behind. Related Parts of Japan see temperatures dip below -30°C, over 200 cm of snow ...

As the “bomb cyclone” advances through the Northeast, schools and businesses have shut down. People are staying inside to avoid winter conditions and stockpiling necessities. But this storm ...

Some places in northern Japan get a typical of 60 feet of snow. Official numbers vary. The amount of snow that falls every year in certain places is different too.

The snowiest place is: the Andes Mountains in southern Chile, where about 2,000 inches of snow fall each year, on average. That’s more than 166 feet, almost the length of two basketball courts.

Blizzards pummel Japan’s northern city of Aomori yearly, making it one of the snowiest major cities on the planet – and a fantastic travel destination for deep-powder seekers.

The competition for the accolade of snowiest city in the world is icily fierce. In this ranking by AccuWeather, the U.S, Canada and Japan duke it out for the top prize.