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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People remove snow from a street in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) A ...

The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, although the city did not face major disruptions. Television footage showed ...

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 ...

Japanese travel agencies are offering a unique snow-shovelling experience to attract tourists, turning a routine winter chore into a profitable adventure.

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6. The heavy snow is ...

heavy snow and blizzard conditions from a “strong winter pressure pattern” were expected to continue through Thursday. Footage filmed by Instagram user @_ran_bb shows a wintry scene on the northern ...

Dog sleds have raced through a snow-covered field in the city of Fukagawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan. Twenty teams with a total of about 60 dogs from Hokkaido and other prefectures took part in ...

Without the images it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. In just 12 hours, the city of Obihiro got 47 inches (about 4 ...