According to reports received by the Japan Meteorological Agency, 47 inches of snowfall occurred during a 12-hour period on Monday in Obihiro, on the island of Hokkaido, with weeklong totals ...

W hat happened: Beginning Monday, heavy snow hammered parts of Japan, particularly the northernmost main island, Hokkaido, and along and west of the spine of the Japanese Alps on the largest ...

Obihiro city in Hokkaido recorded 124 centimeters of ... especially on the Sea of Japan side. Heavy snow will fall mainly inland on the Pacific Ocean side of the Tokai, Shikoku and southern ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures, and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural government ...

Other causes of death include avalanches and falls into deep, loose snow around big trees. In Japan, the northern island of Hokkaido had reported 28 cases of people being stranded in the mountains ...

For Hokkaido, and the Kanto-Koshin ... a cold air mass is forecast to blow in over western Japan on Friday, and could bring heavy snowfall to areas in the Shikoku and Kyushu regions where it ...

Obihiro, Hokkaido Obihiro City has seen the highest fresh accumulation of snow over a 12-hour period since Japan started taking statistics. 120 centimeters was recorded overnight Monday through ...

Hokkaido, Japan is among the most attractive winter destinations for Filipinos and tourists from around the world with its ...

a meteorological researcher from Hokkaido University. “I was born in Niigata Prefecture and know snow quality very well. My hometown is close to Nozawa Onsen (a ski resort on Japan’s Honshu ...