Skywatchers in Hokkaido enjoyed the rare treat of seeing the Northern Lights following a series of large solar flares that made the spectacle observed around the world. In Oumu, Hokkaido ...
The area is about 20 kilometers inland. Obira sits along the Sea of Japan side of Hokkaido, the main northern island. The driver of a snowplow and his colleague spotted the same brown bear on Jan.
That appears to be exactly what happened on Saturday afternoon off the coast of Hokkaido in northern Japan. The Shiretoko Peninsula is a spectacular place. It sticks far out into the northern ...
Large accumulations are forecast for northern and eastern areas through ... up to 40 centimeters in Hokkaido and Niigata prefectures, up to 35 centimeters in the Kanto-Koshin region and up to ...