Sounkyo is a range of gorges in Daisetsuzan National Park, located in central Hokkaido. The trees begin to change color at the end of September, with hues of brilliant red and yellow gradually ...

A stuffed model of one of Japan's biggest brown bears, dubbed Hokkai Taro, which was exterminated in 1980, is seen at the Tomamae town museum in Tomamae, Hokkaido, Oct. 13, 2024. The bear weighed ...

Hokkaido Prefectural Police mountain accident rescue team members search for a person who went missing while gathering wild vegetables in 2020. (Photo courtesy of the prefectural police's ...

Shiretoko, a World Natural Heritage site, is home to a series of mountains over 1,500 meters high. This time, a Canadian living in Hokkaido Prefecture traverses the Shiretoko mountain range over ...

Hokkaido is famous for its wide-open vistas, a rarity in mostly mountainous Japan, and its delicious food. So on a recent trip to the country’s northernmost prefecture, our reporter Masanuki Sunakoma ...

Over Christmas 2019 and into the New Year, there was hardly a hotel room, chalet or high-end condominium to be had in the Hokkaido mountain town of Niseko. Restaurants were no longer taking ...

HOKKAIDO, Japan (CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A scary moment unfolded for a skier in Japan after he fell over 20-feet into a hidden waterfall. Sean Toms, a skier from New Zealand, was skiing in Hokkaido ...

Unfortunately, because dinner at the restaurant usually starts at 5:30 p.m. (5 p.m. on weekends and holidays), guests are unable to enjoy the view in the winter.

According to the prefectural police's Community Planning Division, there were 52 mountain accidents involving 55 people in 2024 related to gathering wild plants and 60 such cases involving 63 ...