SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had ...

When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...

"We'll be worried unless the temperature drops to 4 to 5 C below zero," he said. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency ...

This year’s festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall.

Harada, who has helped Japan host the Sapporo and Nagano Winter Olympics and multiple Asian Winter Games, believes this ...

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency's Sapporo Regional Headquarters, the warm winter was triggered by a warm air mass from the south while the westerlies were positioned further north ...

SAPPORO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair Tuesday, featuring a multitude of ice and snow sculptures, attractions ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...