Hokkaido

WAKKANAI, Hokkaido — The Japan Cup 2026 40th Dogsled Race was held on Feb. 21 and 22 at the Onuma...

As the popular J-pop idol group Arashi are scheduled to visit Sapporo in March as part of their l...

NAIE, Hokkaido — A metalworking company in Naie, Hokkaido, has developed a portable stuffed wolf ...

Tours to walk on drift ice are being held in the Utoro district of Shari Town on Hokkaido’s Shire...

Ahead of the Girls’ Festival on March 3, hina doll production is reaching its peak at glass works...

SAPPORO — The preliminary number of brown bears captured in Hokkaido from April 2025 to January 2...

The 76th Sapporo Snow Festival, held in Sapporo City, closed on Wednesday. During the eight-day p...

KAMIKAWA, Hokkaido — The annual Sounkyo Onsen Ice Fall Festival has started in Kamikawa, Hokkaido...

SAPPORO — A measles patient stayed in Sapporo and may have come into contact with an unspecified ...

Many visitors from Japan and abroad flock to the Sapporo Snow Festival, where 210 statues carved ...

SAPPORO — A winter festival featuring spectacular ice sculptures began at the Lake Shikotsu hot s...

KASUKABE, Saitama — A new rice cultivation method using the power of beer yeast is attracting att...

SAPPORO — About 7,000 people were forced to spend the night at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido af...

Draft horses train for traditional races known as banei keiba at Obihiro Racecourse in Hokkaido f...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido — Visitors to Kushiro Zoo in Hokkaido are able to see a polar bear again for th...