YOICHI, Hokkaido—The fields of Hokkaido are frozen and snow-covered in winter, but this is a key season for organic farmer Tokio Makino. During the chilly period after harvest, Makino ...

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Discover Hokkaido in summer—cool breezes, vibrant flower fields, scenic drives, and unforgettable blooms from cherry blossoms ...

Known for sake and whisky, Hokkaido ... field below us. Relieved, I eat my tiny zucchini beignet, dip into an elegant porcelain mug of vichyssoise, then devour a delicate carrot mousse with snow ...

Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

Global warming caused Hokkaido to receive up to 20% more snow than average in December 2021 ... The research — part of a growing field of climate science called event attribution — revealed ...

Other causes of death include avalanches and falls into deep, loose snow around big trees. In Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido had reported 28 cases of people being stranded in the mountains ...