Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts ... for 4,478 hours in Hakuba during the month from late November, about 4.5 times the total for the same period ...

Our trip last season coincided with a stretch of warm weather and rain in Central Hokkaido. While other crews ... jump on it sooner rather than later. By November and December, most of the best ...

TOKYO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system has brought record-breaking snowfall to Japan's Hokkaido, with Obihiro City witnessing over 1 meter of snow. By 8:00 a.m. local ...

Record snowfall has blanketed Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, causing widespread travel disruptions and prompting calls for assistance from stranded motorists. The heavy snow, deemed record ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. In the same time period, Memuro ...