The forecast for the 2025 cherry blossom season, which will commence in mid-March and extend through mid-May, has been ...

The Japanese writer’s short-story collection “No One Knows” shows why he was the master of melancholy.

One person has died and four more have been seriously injured due to heavy snow in parts of Japan, according to the Fire and ...

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Heavy snowfall has battered a wide area of Japan, especially the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan coast. This video was shot in Tsugaru City, located on the west coast of the Tsugaru Peninsula, ...

Kandachime horses, which are designated as protected animals by Aomori Prefecture, were recently put out to pasture in ...

A frigid tug-of-war competition heated up a small part of the city of Aomori on Saturday, as several men, stripped to the ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.

Kokeshi dolls are traditional Japanese wooden figures that originated in the Tohoku region almost 150 years ago. Crafted ...

Record snow has buried parts of the island of Hokkaido, Japan, this week. Obihiro received 47 inches (120 cm), setting a new record for 12-hour snowfall Monday night. pic.twitter.com/vAg1vopSHu— ...

Weather News announced that cherry blossom is expected to bloom nationwide earlier than usual. The earliest blooming is seen ...

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