Welcome to Japan’s snow-capped wonderland. A unique natural phenomenon, known as drift ice, occurs each winter on the Sea of Okhotsk, on Hokkaido’s northern shores. Ice drifts southward from ...

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It’s one of the best places to find public and private onsen in Hokkaido ... to cruise through the drift ice on the Abashiri Drift Ice Sightseeing & Icebreaker Ship Aurora.

Japanese shipbuilding interest NKK Corp., a corporation well-versed in ice-resistant engineering expertise, has supplied a 500-gt icebreaking patrol ship for Japan's Maritime Safety Agency ...

But first, the crew must carefully monitor the sea ice, the ship’s route and weather conditions ... Date City Museum of History and Culture in Hokkaido. “I thought it was the only chance ...

More than 800km from Tokyo, the northernmost of Japan's main islands, Hokkaido ... via drift-ice walk, fat-tire bicycle or ice-breaking ship. Located in the Kanto region, Gunma prefecture is ...

SAPPORO — The 2025 Chitose – Lake Shikotsu Ice Festival is being held at the Shikotsuko-onsen hot spring in Chitose, Hokkaido, with various ice sculptures ... as Accuser Testifies Electric Plane to ...

SHINTOKU, Hokkaido — Finland is a nation famed for its saunas. But do you know about avanto, the Finnish tradition of cutting a hole in the ice on a frozen lake to bathe ... as Accuser Testifies ...

"Our data reflects an uptick for the Snow Festival in Sapporo (Hokkaido); the scenic Alpine route; the Ice Breaker Ship experience until March besides other winter experiences and skiing," he said.

"No fuel spillage was recorded, there is no threat to the life and health of the crew," the governor, Valery Limarenko, said on the Telegram messaging app. The ship was stranded in the shallow waters ...

Otaru Canal, a popular tourist attraction, is seen in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Haruka Ito) OTARU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to ...

A powerful low-pressure system is unleashing record-breaking snowfall along Hokkaido’s Pacific coast, with the city of Obihiro accumulating more than 1 meter of snow in just 12 hours through ...