MURORAN, Hokkaido—Visitors from around Japan and overseas continue to flow into the municipal Muroran Aquarium here for a look at Satsuki, a seal that bangs on a plastic pail to beg for food.

If it was not the presence of the pouting influencers – striking a pose on the slopes in front of a yurt designed by luxury brand Louis Vuitton, no less – that had us convinced that a new era ...

15. The group contends the Ainu, who mainly inhabit Hokkaido, are not an indigenous people, unlike the Aborigines in Australia and Native Americans in the United States. It said the Jomon people ...

powderhounds from across the globe flock to Hokkaido eager to experience its mythical snowfall. At the center of this wintery universe are towns such as Niseko, where luxurious resorts draw ...