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Lucrative apple harvest threatened after heavy snow blankets Aomori
Record snowfall in January has severely damaged apple orchards in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Aomori, the country's ...
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US Navy sailors sculpt F-35C stealth fighter for Japan’s iconic snow festival
The C-model is the Navy’s carrier-capable variant and the fifth-generation fighter. Strike Fighter Squadron 147, the ...
From mild to wild: record snowfall buries northern Japan
After almost cancelling a popular annual snow festival due to unseasonable January warmth, record-breaking snowfall has hit ...
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The World’s Most Absurd Snowfall Records
Over nearly a week (February 13–19, 1959), a relentless storm at Mount Shasta Ski Bowl amassed 189 inches (15.75 feet) of ...
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Sapporo Snow Festival unveiled for weeklong extravaganza
SAPPORO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The annual Sapporo Snow Festival in Hokkaido's largest city kicked off an elaborate weeklong affair ...
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Japan: Hokkaido Receives Record-Breaking Snowfall
Heavy snowfall affected parts of Hokkaido from the night of Monday, February 3, into Tuesday, February 4. The Pacific side of ...
Sculptors defeat warm winter in time for Sapporo Snow Festival
SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had ...
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Sapporo Snow Festival kicks off with giant sculptures
Snow sculptures created by locals include one of Hokkaido native Haruka Kitaguchi, who won gold in the women's javelin ...
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Tsunan Sake Brewery presents the "Gosetsu Set" – a gift of snow and sake from the heavy snowfall region of Tsunan. Available from February 2025.
One of the world’s snowiest inhabited areas With 3 to 4 meters of annual snowfall, Tsunan is among the heaviest snowfall regions globally. – Japan’s largest river terrace Located along the ...