Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan ... prefecture's Nagai City, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) north of Tokyo, where snow piled up higher than 80 centimeters (2.6 feet) Saturday. In Niigata ...

The 35th annual Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma in Niigata ... winter. More than three meters (nine feet) of snow had accumulated in the city by Sunday, according to the Japan ...

Japanese winter festivals are a colorful aspect of the country's cultural tapestry, providing experiences like no other, a ...

Niigata is renowned for its ... UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Japan. Carrots grown in the autumn are left in the ground through the winter under a thick layer of snow, before ...

TOKYO – The strongest cold wave of this winter ... (including Niigata prefecture) and Tokai; 50cm in Hokkaido, Kinki and Chugoku; 30cm in northern Kyushu and 20cm in Shikoku. THE JAPAN TIMES ...

Akita, Yamagata and Niigata prefectures are known for their bitterly cold winter weather ... On this episode of Journeys in Japan, Sheila Cliffe explores the textiles and clothing from Japan's ...