Snow is being removed along a winter-closed section of the "Hakkoda-Towada Gold Line" National Route 103 that connects the ...

Aomori Prefecture on the northern tip of Honshu Island alone experienced a whopping 139 centimeters of snow in January, three times the average amount and enough to be considered a natural disaster.

People have gathered in Japan's northeastern prefecture of Aomori to dig out apples stored in snow and taste the fruit. About 30 people, including tourists, took part in the annual event on Wednesday.

AOMORI—Heavy snow has blanketed the northernmost prefecture on the main island of Honshu, disrupting public transportation and leading to the deaths of two men. Aomori Governor Soichiro ...

There is still time to enjoy Japan’s winter delights – from ski runs to spectacular sights of frozen waterfalls – book your ...

As of 11 a.m. on Sunday, snow was 5.08 meters deep in the Sukayu area of Aomori Prefecture; 3.80 meters deep in Uonuma City, Niigata Prefecture; 1.44 meters deep in Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture ...

"We may see a warning-level snowstorm, if snow clouds stay in the same location," the agency's Aomori unit said in a bulletin on Thursday. Meanwhile, in the streets of Tsunan town in Niigata ...

"I have been here for 10 years, and I have never seen anything like this," a resident of the remote Sukayu area of the Aomori region told TV network TBS in comments broadcast Thursday. "If you look at ...