Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido - disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and ...

February 14, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan – @wolf_mc_rush shared a video of them skiing in deep snow in the backcountry of Hokkaido, describing it as the powder of their dreams. They explained that ...

The predicted amount for the Hokkaido, Kinki and Chugoku regions is 50 cm during the same time frame. Total snowfall over the 24-hour period capping at 6 p.m. on Feb. 6 is estimated to reach 1 ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures, and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural government ...

BIBAI, Hokkaido—A data center here that uses snow to cool down its heated servers is now using the snowmelt to farm eels. Around 1,700 elvers brought in by plane from Kobe were released into ...

THE SNOW WAS GENTLY FALLING when we arrived in Furano close to midnight. But the skies had cleared by morning, leaving behind ...

In the northern part of the country, people are already seeing record snowfall. Parts of Hokkaido have received all-time high snowfall in recent hours, as a low pressure system rapidly develops ...

Aussies are renowned for following the sun, and if we should happen to travel for winter it's likely because we're chasing powder snow. Especially so in Japan's northernmost island, Hokkaido, where ...

In the 24 hours through Friday evening, as much as 70 centimeters of snow is forecast for the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions, as well as Niigata and Gifu Prefectures. For Hokkaido, and the Kanto ...

It shortened. In the early part of the season, that snowfall was from La Niña, then it petered out,” says Professor Tomonori Sato, a meteorological researcher from Hokkaido University.