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Japan’s awesomely beautiful Alpen Route snow corridor is now open
- Casey Baseel
Apr 18, 2026 - Tweet
This part of Japan gets so much snow you have to wait until spring to see it, but the wait is over!
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- (Alpen Route • awesome • beautiful • COK • Japan travel • outdoors • snow • Tateyama • Tateyama Kurobe Alpen Route • tourism • travel)
Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 18, 2026
![Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]](https://soranews24.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/sy-3.jpg?w=640 "Is Sapporio’s Snow Festival awesome enough to be worth visiting even if you hate the snow? [Pics]")
Can Hokkaido’s annual outdoor art event charm a Tohoku girl who’s always been lukewarm on winter travel?
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- (awesome • beautiful • COK • cool • Hokkaido • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • Saya Togashi • SNJO • snow • travel.tourism.Japan travel)
Is a snow day the perfect day to beat the crowds at a popular ramen restaurant? [Experiment]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2026
Restaurant known for numbingly spicy ramen and intimidatingly long lines lures us out in the Tokyo snow.
- Japan
- (COK • cold • Kikanbo • Noodles • P.K. Sanjun • ramen • Restaurant • SNJO • snow)
Five amazing snow-view open-air Japanese hot springs in Hokkaido [Photos]
- Casey Baseel
Feb 12, 2026
Great reasons to add yukimiroten to your vocabulary and itinerary alike.
- Japan
- (baths • beautiful • COK • Hokkaido • hot springs • hotel • inns • Japan travel • Japanese inns • onsen • outdoors • rotenburo • ryokan • snow • tourism • travel • yukimiroten)
East Japan’s 10 most magical winter scenery experiences, as chosen by travelers
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2026
Grab your coat and scarf, we’re headed out to see the best cold-weather scenery east Japan has to offer!
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • Japan travel • nature • outdoors • snow • tourism • travel • winter • winter travel)
36th Annual International Snowball Fight Competition to be held in Uonuma this February
- Master Blaster
Jan 19, 2026
The quick and the damp.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • crazy • events • Koide International Snowball Fight Competition • Niigata • snow • snowball fight • snowballs • sports • travel • Uonuma • Uonuma International Snowball Fight • Uonuma International Snowball Fight Competition • winter)
Japan’s kid-friendly ski program is now selling Pikachu snowboards for a limited time only
- Elliot Hale
Jan 16, 2026
Making snow sports fun and accessible to kids, with a little spark of cuteness.
- Japan
- (COK • merchandise • Nippon Ski Resort Development • NSD • Pokemon • pokémon merchandise • Ski Resorts • snow • snowboard • snowboarding • sports • winter • winter sports)
Hokkaido has an Ice Festival that’s less famous than the Snow one, but beautiful in its own way
- Casey Baseel
Jan 14, 2026
A fantasy realm of sculpted ice appears every year in Chitose and lasts for weeks..
- Japan
- (awesome • beautiful • Chitose • Chitose-Shikotsu Lake Ice Festival • cool • events • Hokkaido • ice • Ice Festival • Japan travel • Sapporo • Shikotsu • Shikotsu Lake • Shikotsu-Toya National Park • snow • tourism • travel)
This hot springs town in Japan sets fire across a mountain every winter in a beautiful tradition
- Krista Rogers
Dec 12, 2025
Plus, another traditional festival involves giving a very icy bath to recently wedded grooms.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • crazy • culture • festivals • Japan travel • Niigata • snow • tourism • travel • Uonuma • winter)
Japan’s ice hotel, ice wedding chapel, and ice village return to Hokkaido this winter
- Casey Baseel
Oct 22, 2025
A truly Tomamu travel experience.
- Japan
- (beautiful • COK • cool • crazy • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resort • Hoshino Resorts • Hoshino Resorts Tomamu • hotels • ice • snow • Tomamu • tourism • travel)
7 ways people in Japan deal with heavy snow, including the use of special ponds called “tane”
- Oona McGee
Feb 17, 2024
Locals teach us how to live comfortably in areas that experience heavy snowfall.
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- (cars • country life • daily life in Japan • driving • Driving in Japan • haruka takagi • Japanese roads • life • life in japan • Nagano • ponds • skiing • skiing in Japan • SNJO • snow • tane • tourism • travel)
Amazing Spirited Away sculpture wins visitors’ choice award at Sapporo Snow Festival【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 13, 2024
Studio Ghibli bathhouse owner, other anime characters recreated in snow and ice at annual Hokkaido event.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • cool • Golden Kamuy • Gundam • Hayao Miyazaki • Sapporo • Sapporo Snow Festival • snow • spirited away • Studio Ghibli • video)
Ghibli Museum’s rooftop Robot Soldier captivates fans as snow falls in Tokyo【Video】
- Oona McGee
Feb 7, 2024
“Guardian of the Ghibli Museum” looks like it’s stepped straight out of the anime movie.
- Japan
- (anime • Castle in the Sky • cool • Ghibli • Ghibli Museum • Hayao Miyazaki • Laputa • Laputa: Castle in the Sky • Mitaka • robot soldier • snow • snow in Tokyo • Studio Ghibli • Tokyo • twitter • videos)
Three sisters in Japan skip building a snowman, build awesome snow Totoro Catbus instead【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 3, 2023
Siblings make use of their school’s snow day in the best way possible.
- Japan
- (Catbus • cute • Hayao Miyazaki • My Neighbor Totoro • snow • snowman • Totoro • video)
Often-overlooked castle in Japan looks so beautiful in the snow that we can’t take our eyes off it
- Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2023
Castle north of Tokyo looks like suibokuga artwork.
- Japan
- (Aizuwakamatsu • beautiful • castles • Fukushima • photography • snow • travel • Tsuruga Castle • Wakamatsu Castle)
Kyoto Station is a bad place to be in a snowstorm, videos show
- Casey Baseel
Jan 25, 2023
The building’s cool design isn’t the best fit for freezing weather.
Why are the roads so wide in Hokkaido? Simple question has a simple answer
- Oona McGee
Nov 23, 2022
Local resident reveals the real reason why their roads are wider than other parts of Japan.
- Japan
- (cars • COK • drive • driving • Driving in Japan • Hokkaido • Japanese roads • roads • Seiji Nakazawa • SNJO • snow • traffic • unusual • weird)
A convenience store made of ice is being built in Japan
- Casey Baseel
Oct 9, 2022
The ice Seicomart is a convenience store that could only be built in this part of Japan.
- Japan
- (beautiful • convenience stores • cool • crazy • Hokkaido • Hoshino Resorts • hotel • ice • Seicomart • snow • travel)
Massive blizzard creates crazy snow scenes in Sapporo【Photos, videos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 8, 2022
Heaviest snows in nearly a decade completely stop all train service going into or out of Sapporo Station.
Japanese Twitter user documents month-long crusade to buy a drink from a vending machine
- Oona McGee
Jan 31, 2022
Epic tale about a disappearing machine comes with a twist ending.
- Japan
- (Dodekamin • drinks • funny • Gungun Guruto • Hokkaido • Japanese vending machines • photos • snow • twitter • vending machines)
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