Public broadcaster NHK chose a strange way to show the “waist-deep snow” of this hot spring town in northern Japan.
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Winter comes early to Hokkaido and turns one of Japan’s most respected schools into an otherworldly wonderland.
Norastyle’s new leaflet has the fall and winter looks that all farming fashionistas will want to sport. Agriculture never looked so attractive!
Carefully designed features promise to keep you warm and bring you closer together at outdoor events.
Meg decides to get back to basics by using the natural cooling power of snow to create a delicious matcha dessert.
Clearing snow is hard work. Besides, you don’t need to see where you’re going when you’re driving, right?
Towering snow sculptures pay homage to Final Fantasy and Osamu Tezuka’s beloved anime characters.
Power of love gets an assist from the power of creativity for heartwarming shared bicycle ride.
Sensoji Temple, the Ghibli Museum, and Tokyo Disneyland are always worth a visit, but especially on snowy days like this.
Cinema fans might be reminded of a famous Ghibli anime and Godzilla film, but this is one time when real-life Japan is better than any movie magic.
Sure it’d be fine on an afternoon stroll, but how does it hold up against freezing winter winds?
Japan’s amazingly cozy heated tables combined with movie magic? Sounds like the perfect way to spend a winter day.
Cold weather along Japan’s northern coast assists in letting offender know what he did was not cool.
Ethereally romantic images remind us why a wintertime visit to a snow-covered onsen resort is extra special.
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