Whether you’re a seasoned traveller or a first-time visitor to Japan, Hokkaido’s hidden hanami ... and the stunningly beautiful surrounding landscape. The Sapporo region is perfect for urban ...

Enter Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main islands. With agriculture as one of its main economic pillars, exceptional food with the freshest produce and seafood is one of its biggest draws.

The wildfire burnt about 2,900 hectares (7,170 acres) -- around half the size of Manhattan -- making it Japan's largest in ...

Before Hokkaido was Hokkaido, it was known to mainland Japan as Ezo. Further back still, indigenous Ainu communities referred to the northern expanse as Ainu Mosir, a name they had used for untold ...

BIEI, Hokkaido—Over the course ... The “patchwork landscape” of farmland and trees that enchanted so many throughout Japan and abroad has brought on overtourism that the town government ...

their gleeful cries echoed throughout the landscape. They had traveled to Chippubetsu, a town located on the Sea of Japan side in central Hokkaido. The locale is one of the snowiest areas across ...