SAPPORO -- A non-native plant species brought in by climbers and others is taking root on mountains in Hokkaido, creating a ...
A red tide that devastated marine life off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido apparently was caused by algae drifting ...
SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas at ...
Sapporo – As Hokkaido prepares for the beginning of the autumn salmon runs, a lawsuit by an Ainu Indigenous group over traditional fishing rights and the impacts of climate change on stocks are ...
Hokkaido is closer than you might think, with two-hour flights connecting from Tokyo’s Haneda or Narita airports, both served by regular US routes, to Sapporo’s New Chitose Airport. Alternatively, ...
Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, is renowned for its rich and creamy milk, a product of ideal climate, nutrient-rich soil, and generations of dairy farming expertise. This milk has become a ...
Hokkaido has long been known throughout Japan for its food: Kaisen rice bowls featuring seafood from the surrounding cold waters, fatty ramens topped with corn kernels, fresh soft serve made from ...
The northernmost island of Japan, Hokkaido, was settled by the Japanese after the Meiji restoration in a pattern that was influenced by the American West. It is something like the canary in the coal ...
You must have heard the stories of kings and queens, in which the queens used to bathe in milk to enhance their beauty. The connection between milk and beauty is not new, but years old. Milk is often ...
In winter, Japan’s northernmost main island Hokkaido is a place of snow-covered forests and white-crested volcanoes mirrored in glacial lakes. It’s also the land of the Ainu, an Indigenous people ...
It's hard not to stare at Yoko Arano's socks. The spry 89-year-old is otherwise sharply attired, from her neat trouser suit to the amber beads around her neck. Yet her unusual hosiery, covered in ...