Come winter, this prefectural capital ... resorts and warming up in a hot spring (known as "onsen"). When they're not scarfing down ramen, Sapporo residents can stroll the beautifully lit winter ...

TASS/. The representatives of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials may have conducted unofficial consultations to hold the 2030 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, the Kyodo ...

SAPPORO--Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto announced on Dec. 19 that the city would suspend its bid to host the Winter Olympics as it will be unlikely to host the Games for the next 18 years.

General view of the athletes in action on the streets of Sapporo REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji The 2030 Winter Olympic Games are just over eight years away, and although no host city has been named ...

JZK? That sounds like an airport code, but it’s what I saw in several pamphlets referring to Jozankei, a hot spring resort area in Hokkaido near Sapporo, located within Shikotsu-Toya National Park.

(ATR) The secretary general of the Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games tells Around the Rings he would like the games to make Sapporo the mecca of Asian winter sports. "It’s going to be bigger ...

Most resorts receive between eight and 20-plus-metres of snow every winter ... (onsen) and culture are second to none. Many visitors choose to tag on a few nights in Tokyo, Kyoto or Sapporo ...