"The key is how we engage with, not exploit, our natural environment." Family leaves city life behind to live in ...

Every year, with the arrival of spring, a beautiful phenomenon brings color to streets, parks, and landscapes around the ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

Construction hurdles for the Hokkaido Shinkansen, especially when it comes to tunnel digging, have proven particularly challenging. For these reasons, the Japan Railway Construction, Transport and ...

Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

The Hokkaido government is pushing ahead with an ordinance to impose a lodging tax on tourists despite strong local opposition from around Japan’s northern main island. The ordinance will be ...

Seasonal yellow dust is expected to arrive in western Japan from March 29 to 30 ... fine dust particles will likely reach the Tohoku and Hokkaido regions after the evening. The agency is warning ...

Architect James Liambasi visits a dairy farming research site with American design influences, a red-brick beer brewery, and Hokkaido's first TV tower. This time on Journeys in Japan, we glimpse ...

A research team in Japan has issued a warning of a potential megaquake that could occur off the country's northern coast. Trench off Hokkaido contains energy that could trigger a 9.0 earthquake ...

Enjoy horse trekking through a lakeside forest in freshly fallen snow. An uphill course on horseback rewards riders with spectacular views above Lake Toya, one of Hokkaido's scenic caldera lakes.

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