Parts of Hokkaido in northern Japan have received a record amount of snow in recent hours, as a low pressure system is ...

The increased focus on foreign travelers follows the death of a Hong Kong woman on the outskirts of Otaru. The 61-year-old ...

With record visitor numbers in 2024 putting strain on Japan's tourist hotpots, here are four places to visit far away from ...

BIEI, Hokkaido—Over the course of a year, a stampede of tourists 200 times larger than the local population barrels through this northern town of less than 10,000 for its, now ironically ...

Niseko plans to use accommodation tax revenue to strengthen transportation services and increase the number of tourism-related officials.

Biei is a town located at the center of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido. With its idyllic landscape of rolling hills, it's a popular tourist destination, especially for travelers from South ...

A government investigation has confirmed that tunnel construction for the shinkansen bullet train line extension to Sapporo ...

From tasting the fresh seafood and visiting the many national parks, Hokkaido's capital city offers a lot for first time ...

However, the Hokkaido town of Kutchan, which introduced its own lodging tax system in fiscal 2019, has objected to the idea of a prefecture-wide tax system. The town already imposes a 2 percent ...

From October 2024, the land ministry has been gathering opinions on Hokkaido’s alpine adventurers with an eye toward ...