Plowing began on a scenic Japanese mountain road, famous for its towering “snow walls,” on February 11. The Tateyama Kurobe Alpine Route links the prefectures of Toyama and Nagano, but is ...

The Japan News also reported that in Matsumoto, Nagano, about 4,000 cherry trees were seen at their peak on Saturday (April 12) on an ancient tomb against a view of the snow-capped Northern Alps ...

AOMORI -- Snow removal work is in full swing along a stretch of a northern Japan road that becomes a "snow corridor" with ...

The snow wall's height has averaged 16.3 meters in the past decade. “It’s been a while since the last time I made a trip," said a 62-year-old visitor from Aichi Prefecture.

2 hours from Tokyo, Nagano is a magnet for skiers and snowboarders, but it also has temples, macaque monkeys and a town Hokusai painted in The air is crisp, the snow ... The walls of the castle ...