A man throws a snowball at the 35th Koide International Snowball Fight in Uonuma, Niigata Prefecture, Japan ... every winter. More than nine feet of snow had accumulated in the city by Sunday ...

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 ...

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 ...

Experience the beauty of the winter season in the east Asian ... Echizen Ono Castle, Fukul, Japan; * Lake Kamo, Niigata, Japan; * Mount Yotei, Hokkaido Japan; * Sankai Falls, Hokkaido, Japan ...

It’s a major winter sports destination, with some of Japan’s best ski resorts and ... or even poured by geisha in Niigata city. The Echigo-Matsudai rice terraces near Tokamachi are serenely ...

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 ...