HAKODATE, Hokkaido -- The annual "Monkey Mountain Hot Spring" event at the Hakodate Tropical Botanical Garden here has been drawing increasing foreign visitor numbers in recent years. The December ...

Post-powder stoke after a day of exploring central Hokkaido with Whiteroom Tours ... And then there are the steaming onsens—hot springs, with a Japanese twist—my favorite way to relax tired ...

At the late age of 48, he traveled to Ezo (Hokkaido), where the Ainu people introduced him to the hot springs that would ... a river on a forest path. This winter, it will set up a “Yuki Touro ...

This winter, the resort introduced a ... "Compared to other hot spring destinations such as Japan's Hokkaido, the service in China is topnotch, while the cost is cheaper," says Kim Ji-yeon ...

SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...