Hokkaido

Kazunoko salted herring roe is being sorted at Ihara & Co., a seafood processing company in Rumoi...

SAPPORO — A low-latitude aurora that turned the northern sky a reddish hue was observed in Hokkai...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido (Jiji Press) — Seiichi Katsurada, president of the operator of a tour boat that...

SAPPORO — A life-size golden statue of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani is on display at Sa...

The town has completed the first-stage literature survey in the disposal site selection process. ...

The Biei Shirogane Blue Pond in Biei, Hokkaido, is being lit up for winter.

Tokyo, Oct. 25 (Jiji Press) — A strong earthquake hit the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkai...

SAPPORO — The Sapporo municipal government decided Friday to authorize the emergency use of firea...

Sapporo, Oct. 22 (Jiji Press)—The Hokkaido government in northern Japan on Wednesday reported the...

SAPPORO - Cold air flowing over Hokkaido chilled the region Monday, leaving roads and roadside tr...

SAPPORO — An event lighting up trees to spotlight their changing colors will begin on Friday at K...

KIYOSATO, Hokkaido — A distillery in Kiyosato, Hokkaido, has started the process of making shochu...

SAPPORO — A private zoo North Safari Sapporo, known as “Japan’s most dangerous zoo,” which had be...

The leaves of Japanese whitebeam and other trees are turning color on Mt. Kurodake (1,984 meters)...

The business of renting out bear repellent spray, which is seeing increased demand as mountaineer...