HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

With a captivating expanse of rugged hiking trails through mountains, fields, forests, lakes, and lowlands, Hokkaido has long been the place to go for unspoiled nature. Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu ...

Hokkaido is usually synonymous with winter, it being well known for its snow-covered mountains and fresh snow-crab. Japan’s second largest island has, however, reinvented itself for the summer ...

KAMI-SHIHORO, Hokkaido—The ethereal Taushubetsugawa ... According to the Higashitaisetsu Nature Guide Center, which conducts guided tours to the bridge almost every day, parts of the bridge ...

In a large project with the city of Iwamizawa in Hokkaido, for example, locally tailored health advice was able to almost halve the number of underweight births between 2014 and 2019. That project ...

Restaurateurs and staff from around the world visit a winery in Yoichi, Hokkaido, in November. The town of Yoichi in the western part of Hokkaido is best known for its apple orchards and whisky ...

Areas in Hokkaido saw some of the sharpest rises in land prices in 2024, thanks largely to foreign visitors who have ...