The Sapporo Snow Festival is the pinnacle of all winter festivals held in Japan. Founded in 1950, it celebrates the natural beauty and joy found in abundance in Japan’s northern capital.

Sapporo’s snow festival is a major tourism magnet for Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. But unusually warm weather has kept the snow away, forcing organizers to source snow from ...

Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido is a winter paradise for lovers of snow, hot springs, seafood and beer. This month CNNGo starts in the capital city Sapporo, where we’ll see the snow ...

Things to do in and around Sapporo, Hokkaido. As of writing, the flight from Manila will likely land at New Chitose Airport around 5:30 p.m., leaving you with roughly five full days to explore.

SAPPORO -- Concerns are growing over whether the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival, an annual winter tradition for Hokkaido's capital city, will go ahead･･･ ...

More than two-thirds of Sapporo residents oppose the Japanese city's now-paused bid for the 2030 Winter Games, according to a new poll by a regional newspaper.

Only Sweden and Italy, the winner, were finalists for the 2026 Winter Games. Sapporo’s flailing effort does not endanger the Games’ future, analysts said. But it has had a domino effect.

New images from the Sapporo Snow Festival have hit online, with sculptures featuring the likes of Golden Kamuy, Delicious in Dungeon, Mobile Suit Gundam, Spirited Away, and many more being featured.

SAPPORO, Japan — A new class of aircraft carrier — one carved from snow — is appearing at the 74th annual Sapporo Snow Festival, a world-renowned stage in Japan for cold weather sculptors.

TOKYO (AP) — Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed — but not stopped — by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games.

The city of Sapporo and the Japan Olympic Committee will pause active promotion of Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics for "a while", Kyodo news agency reported on Tuesday, amid a widening ...