This year's construction started on Jan. 7 when firefighters began to score the ice on the city's Silver Lake and cut the blocks used to create the castle's towers and walls. Ice more than a foot ...

The experience is elevated at night when the fortress is illuminated by color-changing LED lights embedded inside the walls of ice. This year, Ice Castles has a new addition. According to the ...

KYOTO--A stone wall unearthed at the ruins of Fushimi Castle here suggests that 16th-century warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi built the structure with the latest quake-resistant techniques after a ...