Our group didn’t make it to the Fishing Village as the snow storm rages on. Hokkaido, which was sparsely populated and ...

The festival has been named one of the world's top four winter festivals along with the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan ... The frozen stream was packed with visitors enjoying ice fishing, and their ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...