April in Kansai bursts with color and excitement. Alongside cherry blossom festivals and seasonal traditions, you'll also ...

The Sakura Festival began in 1986 to commemorate the naming of Narashino, Japan as Tuscaloosa’s first sister city. The sister ...

The most well-known winter festival in Japan has to be the Sapporo Snow Festival. The annual matsuri takes place up north in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, and features spectacular snow and ice ...

YUZAWA, Japan >> The Inukko Matsuri (Yuzawa Inukko Dog Festival), a traditional Lunar New Year festival in which people make ...

Tiny Marshfield has a population of 7,300 that blooms with its cherry blossoms each April. Instead of a traditional spring or ...

There is still time to enjoy Japan’s winter delights – from ski runs to spectacular sights of frozen waterfalls – book your trip now.

The Springtime Celebration is a cherry blossom festival that involves getting Japanese-themed furniture ... trailer for this year’s event: As for Snow & Sound, that Hello Kitty Island Adventure ...

And nearly all have been in the Alps, the Rockies and Japan. Why? Because if you’re looking for the sweet spot in skiing, where good snow ... wine and gourmet festival in Sölden in the Austrian ...

The Japanese island of Hokkaido is drowning in snow. Within twelve hours, more snow fell on the island than ever before. The snow festival in Sapporo began at the same time. Two weeks after ...

Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido ... The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, ...

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 ...

SAPPORO--The Sapporo Snow Festival will be held on-site for the ... the international contest for teams from outside Japan has been called off. In addition, there will be no food and drink stalls.