Japan is battling the coldest wave of the season with record-breaking snowfall in the northern main island of Hokkaido. Traffic has been hit and airports closed. Weather agencies have said the extreme ...

(Mainichi/Koichiro Tezuka) While Sapporo normally observes a streak of sub-zero daily highs in the month of January ... The warm weather has also affected other events. The Maruyama ice skating ...

Concerns are growing over whether the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival, an annual winter tradition for Hokkaido's capital city, ...

This year's festival came dangerously close to being cancelled, before it was saved by a last-minute snowfall Japan's Sapporo ...

Get an idea of when you can expect to see this year’s blooms across Japan in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Sapporo and more ...

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I only get to visit once a month, usually during the week when I want to go out ... which is perfect for that Saturday mid-morning breakfast or lunch when the weather is right. “I love the urban-style ...

Similarly, in Okinawa, Japan’s southernmost region, cherry blossoms bloom as early as mid-January. Some of the popular ...

This year’s record temperatures — and extreme weather linked to warming — hit people’s wallets ... Last February, western Japan witnessed the hottest temperatures for the month since such records ...

Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...