Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists.Without the images, it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow ...

The 61-year-old tourist was hit and killed by a train on ... Another user posted a video of Tenguyama, a mountain featured in the film. “The snow in Hokkaido is my love letter to winter this year,” ...

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic ... if the quality of snow changes,” he said. “If the snow becomes heavier, it can substantially impact people’s daily lives, such as ...

In Hokkaido Prefecture, the sport of ski mountaineering has a long history. Making your way up into the mountains is possible when you have skis. Climbing through the deep snow requires skill ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido ... snow continued falling. A little after 3 a.m. on Feb. 24, JR Hokkaido began operating extra trains from Shin-Chitose Airport Station to Sapporo Station. But more than 600 ...

Runways were closed due to snow at Obihiro and Kushiro airports, while dozens of flights in and out of Hokkaido were cancelled, affecting thousands of people. About 370 schools canceled classes ...

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 ...

With snow-capped mountains, ancient forests, wild wetlands and art-filled parks, Hokkaido’s diverse landscapes ... In Japan’s northernmost island, the century-old technique of ice fishing ...

This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow. What happened: Beginning Monday, heavy snow hammered parts of Japan, particularly the northernmost main island, Hokkaido, and along ...