MIKASA, Hokkaido -- Some 220 people were evacuated here after a resident turned up at a city hall with an unexploded artillery shell they found while cleaning up their family home. Hokkaido ...

“The snow in Hokkaido is my love letter to winter this year,” she wrote. An Otaru City Hall official told CNN that the security measures are not aimed at the rise of Chinese tourists ...

Security guards were deployed Tuesday at a popular tourist spot in Otaru, Hokkaido, famed for its appearance in an acclaimed movie, to prepare for an expected surge of visitors during the Lunar New ...

BIEI, Hokkaido--This farming town of around 9,300 ... Chinese and English as soon as its sensor detects a trespasser. The town hall’s spending to tackle overtourism has increased.