In Yukiguni, there's so much snow it's used as an ingredient.

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island’s ...

A winter pressure pattern was expected to hit the areas along the Sea of Japan coast particularly hard overnight and into ...

This winter shattered norms: January and February storms dumped over 2 meters in Aomori on Honshu, just south of Hokkaido, ...

Multiple cold waves have brought heavy snowfall to a swath of coastal areas along the Sea of Japan, where the accumulation of snow has already surpassed the yearly average.

Weather officials say intense snowfall could hit areas along the Sea of Japan and elsewhere over the weekend. Many locations have already seen heavy snow accumulation in recent days.

The public is urged to be on the alert for the traffic disruptions as heavy snow is in the forecast again for eastern to western Japan between Jan. 29 and Jan. 30, mainly along the Sea of Japan coast.

Heavy snowfall hit a wide swath of Japan along the Sea of Japan coast on Sunday, while the Kanto area was also lightly blanketed by snow. Japan's weather agency warned of heavy snow that is expected ...