The strongest cold front of the season dumped snow along the coast of Sea of Japan and northern Japan. Bullet train services on the Yamagata Shinkansen were partially suspended, according to public ...

Japan's main islands are roughly bisected by mountains as tall as 12,000 feet from south to north. Among the country's over 500 ski areas, the most popular are on the northern island of Hokkaido and ...

November is just a few days away, but Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji remains snowless, marking the latest date without a snowcap since records began 130 years ago. The peaks of Japan’s highest mountain are ...

Far from the madding crowd, there lies an otherworldly unique place in Japan’s western coastline where snow, sand, and sea meet! The graceful convergence of three incompatible elements creates a ...