And Hokkaido is the place to go for a real winter ... where the hotel is part of the area’s winter Ice Village. During the beginning of the year, temperatures in Shimukappu can drop to a ...

The Studio Ghibli Acorn Forest shop is just outside of the Ainu Village on your way back ... see in Japan at this time of year and in Hokkaido. Drift ice is a naturally occurring phenomenon ...

Drift ice, the annual winter spectacle that draws tour boats in Japan’s northern seas, will soon be few and far between due to global warming, scientists warn. A study by Hokkaido University ...

It's ice floe season! Weather officials in Abashiri City in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island, announced that ice floes, a much-awaited natural wonder, have finally reached the city's ...