Welcome to Japan’s snow-capped wonderland. A unique natural phenomenon, known as drift ice, occurs each winter on the Sea of Okhotsk, on Hokkaido’s northern shores. Ice drifts southward from ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido--A long-distance hiking trail opening in eastern Hokkaido in October promises stunning natural scenery unmatched elsewhere in Japan. Covering 410 kilometers, the Hokkaido East ...

Group of Eight (G8) leaders will gather at the Windsor Hotel in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for a July 7-9 summit during which they will also hold meetings with leaders of seven African countries ...

After the local town office and police were informed, a bear hunt was launched, and a human head was found on the banks of a lake in Shumarinai Prefectural Natural Park on Monday.The police are ...

CHITOSE, Hokkaido -- Splash ice, a rare winter phenomenon, has appeared along the shore of Lake Shikotsu in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost lake that r･･･ ...

View of Lake Mashu from Akan National Park in Hokkaido. Credit: Alamy Soon, having hiked just a small portion of this mysterious lake's 20-kilometre circumference, we stop for a snack of fresh ...

Having hiked the circuitous, twin-peaked route around the caldera of constantly active 1,041-meter Mount Tarumae, I then loped up and down a small peak known only as Kyu-san-ni (its height ...

Hokkaido boasts six national parks, 12 prefectural parks, and countless wetlands and undisturbed forests. Lake Kussharo is in Akan National Park and is the largest caldera lake in all of Japan.