Japan's Niigata Prefecture, according to local reports. Local police reported that a group of three or four people had been caught in an avalanche in a backcountry area in the snowy mountains of ...

Three Israelis, snowboarders, got stuck Monday evening in Japan's Hida Mountains, near the town of Hakuba. The boarders deviated from their route and have been stuck for over 12 hours. Night fell ...

AOMORI -- Towering "snow monster" ice-covered trees in Aomori's Hakkoda mountains are now at their ... if weather conditions remain favorable. (Japanese original by Junko Adachi, Aomori Bureau) ...

Vail Daily reporter John LaConte explores the mountains in the Akita prefecture of Japan with Japan Ski Tours, local guides ...

Betula ermanii, a tetraploid with four genome sets, is a deciduous tree widely distributed in the cold and snowy regions of the Japanese archipelago, Korean Peninsula, and Far Eastern Russia. In ...

Japan's landscapes range from snowy mountains to subtropical warmth. They are full of wildlife - and animals' and people's lives often cross as they adapt to these extremes.

Accompanied by mountain guides, Japan-based writer Ally Hongo walks the mountains of Dewa Sanzan in search of deeper discoveries in the Japanese philosophy of mindfulness and self-discovery.