SAPPORO--The annual Sapporo Snow Festival, one of the nation’s biggest winter events, is to be held online for the second straight year due to the rapid spread of the Omicron variant of COVID ...

In Sapporo, a record 60 centimeters of snow fell over the 24-hour period through 2 p.m. on Feb. 6. As of 1 p.m. that day, the accumulated snow from the preceding days in the city reached 133 cm at ...

Japan’s Sapporo Snow Festival, a dazzling showcase of ice and artistry that lures millions to far northern Hokkaido prefecture each winter, almost did not happen this year. A month of record ...