At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees conveying a feeling of winter are at their best. Ice trees are ...

Snow monsters in Akita Until mid-February visitors to the area will be able to view these winter beasts, which stand to 8 meters high as they walk a 400-meter course between them. For more videos ...

Don’t expect raucous party scenes or over-the-top après-ski. In Japan, it’s all about the snow. Here’s a primer on where to ...

Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

But Fumitaka Yanagisawa, a professor emeritus at Yamagata University’s Research Institute for Ice Monsters and Volcanoes of Zao, warns that ice monsters will all but vanish from Japan by the end ...