And that's not all – our adventure will take us even further, to the enchanting flower-filled landscapes of the Furano area and the renowned Blue Pond in Biei, a true icon of Hokkaido. Check out ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...

BIEI, Hokkaido—Over the course of a year ... It was a shot of Shirogane Blue Pond. The pond was formed after water from Bieigawa river pooled behind a government-built dam blocking mudflows ...

Challis city officials are trying to determine if they can dredge around Blue Mountain Pond before April 1 to check the condition of a fish screen in the pond. The work must occur before the April ...

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Without the images, it might be hard to wrap your mind around the amount of snow blanketing the island of Hokkaido in northern Japan. In just 12 hours, the city of Obihiro got 47 inches (about 4 ...

Haruka Takimoto studies haiku at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo, where long-clawed bears and pond turtles have reappeared ... JL Huffman discovered gold in the Blue Ridge Mountains of ...