Making your way up into the mountains is possible when you have ... Academic Alpine Club of Hokkaido, Hokkaido University Students in Sapporo were first taught to ski by a German language teacher ...

SAPPORO--Record snowfall paralyzed transportation networks here and in its neighboring region, forcing a railway operator to cancel all train services to and from the prefectural capital on Feb.

It is also an economic lifeline for Sapporo, injecting an estimated US ... The event could usually rely on snow trucked in from Hokkaido's mountains to build its famous ice sculptures, Watanabe ...

The Sapporo Dome in Japan proves that anything is possible. The stadium cost £276m to build and was opened in 2001 but became known in 1972 when the Winter Olympics were held there. Its ...

On Feb. 5, a rescue request was made from the snow-covered mountains in the Jozankei area of Sapporo. A group of five foreign nationals had taken the gondola up to Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort and ...