SHARI, Hokkaido--Nearly 60 people from all over Japan visited a gymnasium here on ... “It could've happened to me," he said. Visitors laid flowers in the hopes that such an act would help ...

Rugged, beautiful, untamed and steeped in a unique culture, the island of Hokkaido in north Japan has emerged as ... kaleidoscopic fields of colourful flowers. New Chitose Airport makes Hokkaido ...