Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in parts of Japan.

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. pic.twitter.com/vAg1vopSHu— ...

A strong cold air mass intensified relentless snowfall on Friday in parts of Japan, including prefectures of Fukushima, Hokkaido and Niigata, grappling people with blizzards and resulting in road ...

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The strongest cold wave of the season has caused record snowfall in the Hokuriku region since Friday night. In 12 hours from Friday night to Saturday morning, 50 centimeters of snow fell in Niigata ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People remove snow from a street in Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan, Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) A ...

Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara competes in the men's snowboarding big air at the X Games in Aspen, Colorado, on Jan. 24, 2025. (Getty/Kyodo) ASPEN, Colorado (Kyodo) -- Japan's Hiroto Ogiwara won the men's ...