From classic sights to lesser-known gems and transport tips to seasonal highlights, here’s the lowdown on visiting Japan.

Flights to and from Hokkaido and Aomori Prefecture are being canceled one after another on Monday as the Pacific side of ...

The summer Aomori Nebuta Festival is a Japanese fire ... The most well-known winter festival in Japan has to be the Sapporo Snow Festival. The annual matsuri takes place up north in Sapporo ...

An event covering the local history of coffee and mochi and explaining why the two go well together was recently held in ...

Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

There is still time to enjoy Japan’s winter delights – from ski runs to spectacular sights of frozen waterfalls – book your ...

Unexpectedly, they found that this phenomenon deposited 16 billion tons of snow on Greenland, enough to temporarily slow its ice melt. As detailed in a study published March 3 in the journal ...

Japan is home to amazing cultural events – so plan your trip around these Japanese celebrations in Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and ...

Aomori Prefecture on the northern tip of Honshu Island alone experienced a whopping 139 centimeters of snow in January, three times the average amount and enough to be considered a natural disaster.

People have gathered in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Aomori to dig out apples stored in snow and taste the fruit. About 30 people, including tourists, took part in the annual event on Wednesday.

Last Thanksgiving Day weekend, the region was paralyzed by a “historic” storm that saw almost six feet of snow upend life across hundreds of miles. “When I woke up at 3 a.m. to check the ...

Southlake Health’s Regional Cardiac Program says it responded to double the usual number of heart attacks last week, and doctors say it’s linked to shovelling snow. The Newmarket hospital ...