An event covering the local history of coffee and mochi and explaining why the two go well together was recently held in ...

Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

There is still time to enjoy Japan’s winter delights – from ski runs to spectacular sights of frozen waterfalls – book your ...

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More and more foreign visitors are getting lost and buried in avalanches while skiing in Aomori. Read more at ...

Tourists have been getting lost, buried in avalanches and facing other trouble while skiing or snowboarding on mountains in ...

Aomori Prefecture on the northern tip of Honshu Island alone experienced a whopping 139 centimeters of snow in January, three times the average amount and enough to be considered a natural disaster.

People have gathered in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Aomori to dig out apples stored in snow and taste the fruit. About 30 people, including tourists, took part in the annual event on Wednesday.

The record-breaking snowstorm closed a one-hundred-mile section of The New York State Thruway. In the worst-hit areas, 5,000 people, 200 snow ploughs and thousands of trucks were used to clear ...

By 10am on Feb 24, the northern Aomori City recorded five metres of snow, Niigata’s Uonuma recorded 3.81 metres, and Tadami in Fukushima prefecture recorded 3.13 metres, according to the JMA.