By Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN A giant snow corridor near the otherworldly Mount Tateyama, one of Japan’s three sacred mountains, is reopening to travelers on April 15. Called Yuki no Otani (or Great ...

Called Yuki no Otani, this 500-meter-long pathway cuts through towering snow walls that rise up to 20 meters at the highest point of Japan’s Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route.

TOKYO (AP) — Heavy snow in northwestern Japan since the weekend has left at least three people dead, stranded hundreds of vehicles on highways, disrupted trains and left thousands of homes ...

Japan is the Holy Grail for skiers who love to ski deep powder. On the northern island of Hokkaido, the mountains are known for frequent snowfall, après ski means soaking in an outdoor onsen with ...

More than 1,000 people in Japan spent Thursday night stuck on a highway in their cars, waiting out a traffic jam with little food or water during a heavy snowstorm.

Fluffy, thigh-deep snow is just the beginning for vistors. ... scooping moisture from the Sea of Japan before depositing up to 15 metres of snow annually here in the Japanese Alps of Honshu, ...

Hokkaido, Japan – @wolf_mc_rush shared a video of them skiing in deep snow in the backcountry of Hokkaido, describing it as the powder of their dreams. They explained that their original plan was to ...

With some 49 feet of snow a year, Niseko in northern Japan has become a ski playground for East Asians and Australians. ... The way they trap the air makes the powder deep and really incredible. ...

An enormous snow corridor is opening to visitors in Japan this weekend, close to one of the country’s three sacred mountains. Yuki no Otani (Great Valley of Snow) is a 500-metre pathway ...

Shinkansen, Japan’s bullet train, is the best way to get there.Maya, from the travel outfitter Remote Lands, picked me up at my Marunouchi district hotel, and we walked in our snow boots over ...

Japanese gardeners view winter as a part of the gardening season. Sekku, or snow blossoms, appear on tree, plants, stones and gravel after a snowfall ...