Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido - disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and ...

February 14, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan – @wolf_mc_rush shared a video of them skiing in deep snow in the backcountry of Hokkaido, describing it as the powder of their dreams. They explained that ...

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Global warming could transform Hokkaido’s iconic powdered snow into the wet flakes found on Japan’s main island of Honshu, a study showed. Researchers from Hokkaido University and the Japan ...

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. The heavy snow is ...

In the 24 hours through Friday evening, as much as 70 centimeters of snow is forecast for the Tohoku and Hokuriku regions, as well as Niigata and Gifu Prefectures. For Hokkaido, and the Kanto ...

It shortened. In the early part of the season, that snowfall was from La Niña, then it petered out,” says Professor Tomonori Sato, a meteorological researcher from Hokkaido University.

Hokkaido, Japan is among the most attractive winter destinations for Filipinos and tourists from around the world with its ...

which is why Hokkaido gets the drier air and the drier snow,” says Ellis. The author enjoying the "white room" in central Hokkaido on a backcountry tour with Whiteroom. “Of all the ski areas ...

However, this season, industry insiders were salivating as the La Niña weather pattern — a cyclical period of cooler weather — pointed to a return to the massive snow dumps that made the island of ...