Many parts of northeastern Japan reported three times their average snowfall for the season. Heavy snow knocked down an electric power transmission tower in Japan's northernmost main island ...

Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday.

Shipments of snow-chilled sake have begun in Gifu Prefecture, central Japan, for customers sweltering in the early summer ...

Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a record for no snow in October, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Ski resorts in Japan are prized for having some of the deepest, lightest powder around. A winter of exceptionally heavy snow — some areas had more than 12 feet of snowpack this week — should ...

But back to snow. En route to Myoko, we stopped in Togakushi, a village renowned for skiing, Shinto shrines and a centuries-old tradition of soba noodle-making in the mountains above Nagano, host ...

On average, the first snow falls on Mount Fuji on Oct. 2. If Nov. 6 is officially confirmed as the first-snowfall date, it would be the latest since the Japan Meteorological Agency’s records ...

If you’re as excited about skiing bottomless powder snow as we are here at POWDER, then Japan should without a doubt be on your bucket list. Thanks to prevailing northwesterly winds that create ...