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 ...

Over nearly a week (February 13–19, 1959), a relentless storm at Mount Shasta Ski Bowl amassed 189 inches (15.75 feet) of ...

When was the first time you experienced snowfall? While I have walked on slippery, icy snow during my previous travels abroad ...

One person has died and four more have been seriously injured due to heavy snow in parts of Japan, according to the ... 3.24 meters in the village of Okura in Yamagata Prefecture and 3.2 meters ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of Hokkaido on Tuesday, disrupting traffic, causing airport ...

You've heard of lake-effect snow in the Great Lakes. Check out what a larger sea and bitter cold air helped to generate in ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.

Heavy snow is forecast to affect Hokkaido and the regions along the Sea of Japan coast through Sunday ... and 85 cm in the village of Shirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, according to the agency.

Snow measured in feet is blanketing parts of Japan this week, with snowfall rates among the highest on record. This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow. What happened ...