Hokkaido and its capital are so much more than just winter attractions. Sure, there’s something magical about the island’s ...

Sapporo in Japan’s northern island, Hokkaido, is a captivating blend of urban sophistication and natural splendour. Despite ...

Winter in Hokkaido comes with meters of snow, literally.

Since the 1972 Sapporo Olympics, skiing has been big news in Japan and for decades now ... between eight and 20-plus-metres of snow every winter – and this season is going down as one for ...

A cheating scandal that has rocked the world of ski jumping came to a head Wednesday with the suspension of a pair of Olympic ...

The 2017 event was the eighth staging of the Asian Winter Games, with Sapporo hosting them for the third time, following 1986 and 1990. It was the fourth time Japan had staged the Games.

As Japan continues to be a top destination for tourists, a new winter experience is gaining ... A local tour agency in Sapporo, Hokkaido, one of the world’s snowiest cities, introduced a snow ...

The Sapporo Dome in Japan proves that anything is possible. The stadium cost £276m to build and was opened in 2001 but became known in 1972 when the Winter Olympics were held there. Its ...

(Kyodo) SAPPORO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi earned his first ... medalist and large hill silver medalist at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, had previously recorded two fifth-place ...