Sapporo is the capital city of Hokkaido and the fifth-largest city in the country. As Japan’s most northern island, Hokkaido boasts pristine wilderness, home to endangered Steller's sea eagle, brown ...

When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had been a record low snowfall this season. About 140 snow statues are ...

SAPPORO -- Concerns are growing over whether the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival, an annual winter tradition for Hokkaido's capital city, will go ahead as scheduled due to a spell of unusually warm ...

The 75th Sapporo Snow Festival will be held on February 4 - 11, 2025, in the City of Sapporo, Japan’s Northern Capital. As one of the world’s largest snow sculpture festivals, the city will be ...

SAPPORO--The city of Sapporo’s hopes of hosting the Winter Olympics in 2038 were dashed ... given his huge popularity in Hokkaido. But since autumn 2022, Suzuki has placed greater distance ...

SAPPORO, JAPAN - FEBRUARY 6: Japanese Yukio Kasaya soars in the air during the 70m ski jumping competition 06 February 1972 in Sapporo (Japan) at the Winter Olympic Games. Kasaya won the gold ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

TASS/. The representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials may have conducted unofficial consultations to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, the Kyodo ...

8th Asian Winter Games Coverage Proudly Sponsored by the Olympic Council of Asia (ATR) Abundant snowfall transformed Sapporo into a winter wonderland as the Asian Winter Games came to a close at ...

The 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo featured five sports: biathlon, curling, ice hockey, skating (speed skating, figure skating and short track) and skiing (Alpine, cross-country, freestyle ...

Noboribetsu, located between Sapporo and Hakodate ... Visit in autumn for stunning fall foliage. Winter paths may close due to snow and ice. Just an hour by train from Tokyo, Atami on the Izu ...