A water shortage hitting Japan's hot springs has resulted in a number of restrictions in a bid to reduce consumption.

Japan, long revered as a powder Mecca ... to a return to the massive snow dumps that made the island of Hokkaido, where Niseko is located, legendary. The last La Niña-driven season in Japan ...

The answer to what makes Niseko's snow so amazing lies in its climate. Niseko is in the north of Japan and has two seas on ...

Some ski towns in Japan are booming from a rise in international visitors, while resorts in other areas are closing as ...

Overseas tourists are flocking to lesser-known destinations and novel services in a district on Japan’s northernmost main ...

But the ministry’s figures show that prices are rapidly picking up steam in regional areas of Japan. In Kutchan, a town located in the core of the Niseko resort area of Hokkaido, land prices ...

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Japan is home to 27,000 natural hot springs, but a surge in tourism has left some low on water and local officials are ...