An icefall festival begins in Kamikawa in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025. The annual event, featuring about 30 ...

Tim Anderson’s new book, Hokkaido, is inspired by Japan’s northernmost prefecture, where Western influences and Indigenous ...

A Hong Kong tourist was killed in Japan after a train rammed into her while she was taking photos on the tracks. The incident ...

It was once a thriving coal mining town with a population of over 100,000 people. But today, Yubari, located in Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, is a ghost of its former self — with fewer than ...

An ice terrace has been built outside the "Ice Hotel" at Hoshino Resorts Tomamu this winter, as seen through the entrance of ...

Tourists should do their research and pay attention to warning signs, travel industry figures say after Hongkonger killed ...

Electricity demand in Japan’s Hokkaido area is expected to grow the fastest in the country, as the region prepares to roll ...

A resident passes under a portable shrine, called ...