Sapporo, Japan News

AllanCook has lived in Japan for 10 years and he finally made it to the annual Snow Festival in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.

This is the 63rd Sapporo Snow Festival. The main places to see the ice and snow sculptures are: Odori Park , Tsudome Community Dome and Susukino - the main entertainment area of Sapporo, south of Sapporo Station.

Sapporo snow festival, one of the biggest annual snow festival in Japan, officially kicked off on Monday, marking the beginning of the winter tourist season in Hokkaido.

Last week, sailors from Naval Air Facility Misawa made the daylong journey to Sapporo, Japan to play in the snow.

The February edition of Neurosurgery reports that animal experiments in brain-injured rats have shown that stem cells injected via the carotid artery travel directly to the brain, greatly enhancing functional recovery.

Phred Kaufman relaxes at Mugishutei, his Sapporo establishment, which draws craft beer fans from all over Japan.

A 74-year-old retired police chief has been arrested on suspicion of paying two 16-year-old girls for sex in Sapporo, a Hokkaido police spokesman said Thursday.

Winter in the city: Scenes from last year's Sapporo Snow Festival show the range of activities available for visitors to enjoy.

HER arrival is signaled by a troupe of pink ladies, standing in rigid formation, immaculately dressed down to the matching pristine-white trainers.

Earlier this week, I was in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island. Hokkaido is home to some of the best dairy you will find anywhere in the world.

A look of Lake Toya, the volcanic caldera lake in Abuta District, Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, and nearby villages.

The winter tourist season in Hokkaido has begun in earnest with the arrival of icebreaker ships for viewing drift ice and with the running of a vintage steam locomotive through the Kushiro Shitsugen Marsh by Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido.

Most of the country's northernmost island consists of wilderness, hot springs, forests and national parks, all contributing to a palette of striking mountain and coastal scenery.

THE growing international community here has long been waiting for it and as of January 23, 2012, Hokkaido International School will open a campus in Niseko.