Warm winter creates worries for sculptors at Sapporo Snow Festival
SAPPORO -- Concerns are growing over whether the upcoming Sapporo Snow Festival, an annual winter tradition for Hokkaido's ...
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Sculptors defeat warm winter in time for Sapporo Snow Festival
SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events ... level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.
The 'spectacular' Japanese city with incredible mountains and fewer tourists than Tokyo
Sapporo in Japan’s northern island, Hokkaido, is a captivating blend of urban sophistication and natural splendour. Despite ...
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Sapporo Travel: Things to Do in and Around Hokkaido's Capital
Hokkaido and its capital are so much more than just winter attractions. Sure, there’s something magical about the island’s ...
Japanese salmon catches plummet in losing battle to climate change
There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global ...
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Sapporo 2017 Asian Winter Games
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.
Two Olympic Ski Jumping Gold Medalists Suspended Amid Cheating Investigation
A cheating scandal that has rocked the world of ski jumping came to a head Wednesday with the suspension of a pair of Olympic ...
Canada's Alex Loutitt leaps to bronze at final women's World Cup ski jump stop
Canada's Alex Loutitt won the bronze medal in the large hill competition at the final World Cup women's ski jumping event of ...