Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area.The sn･･･ ...

Yoshikazu Ito, a mountain guide, said the Hakuba area ... Niseko in Hokkaido and Mount Hakkodasan in Aomori Prefecture as famous places for backcountry skiing. The Niseko area, known as a world ...

In the center of the Shimokita Peninsula, in the northernmost reaches of Aomori Prefecture ... they go to the mountain.” Since ancient times, Osorezan has been revered as a place where the ...

AOMORI -- "Snow monster" tree formations on the Hakkoda mountains in northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture are currently at their best, exhibiting their captivating winter appearance. The phenomena ...

From the dynamic Nebuta festival of Aomori Prefecture to Fukushima Prefecture's stunning Azuma Mountain Range – not to mention an array of attractions in Akita, Iwate, Miyagi, Niigata and ...

Authorities in Japan are urging people across wide areas to stay alert for heavy snow. They say the Sea of Japan coast is ...

412 centimeters of snow had piled up in Sukayu in the Hakkoda mountain range in Aomori Prefecture. That's more than double the average amount. In the 24 hours through Saturday morning, up to 50 ...

During his climb in the home of drifting, Rovanperä met & challenged Japan’s top racers, leading drift race drivers, supercar teams and his cultural idol – Fujiwara Takumi from manga Initial D at the ...

AOMORI—To address environmental concerns over renewable energy projects, Aomori Prefecture is introducing zoning regulations and taxation for large-scale wind and solar farms. Prefectural ...