(JR Hokkaido) is operating a special train again this year on part of its Senmo Line to allow passengers to view the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk. The special train, called Ryuhyo Monogatari ...

After the bullet train line is connected to Sapporo at the end of fiscal 2030, Hokkaido Railway Co ... he acknowledged that relying only on road and sea transport will be unrealistic, given ...

SAPPORO, Japan -- With the extension of shinkansen bullet train service to Sapporo now delayed until the end of fiscal 2038, communities along the planned link in Hokkaido are fretting over the ...

Without the images, it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern ... highways became impassable, train service was suspended in ...

TOKYO: (Bernama-Xinhua) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 on Saturday (Aug 10) jolted southern Sea of Okhotsk near the coast of Hokkaido, Japan, the country's weather agency said ...

However, some are abandoned, unable to be maintained. See the preservation efforts being made in Hokkaido Prefecture. Behind me is a Class C50 Steam Locomotive that has been preserved in Adachi ...