Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...
TOKYO >> Hotels and restaurants in the popular Hakuba ski resort village are packed to capacity amid a surge in international tourists on the slopes, and visitors to the village are expected to grow ...
After a random knife assault at a bus stop in front of JR Nagano station on January 22 left one person dead and two injured, Nikkan Gendai (Jan 25) raised the issue of how incidents of this nature ...
Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago on Feb. 4, and more snow is forecast for wide areas through Feb. 6.
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Following the recent rescue of three Israelis from Mount Hakuba in Nagano Prefecture, I, having lived in Japan for six years, want to share some mandatory etiquette guidelines to ensure a ...
Pack mentality does funny things to people. We sat on the public bus from Nagano to Hakuba making way too much noise and drinking obnoxiously from beer cans. We dressed as superheroes one night ...
En Hakuba is located in Hakuba, 43 km from Nagano Station, 44 km from Zenkoji Temple, as well as 1.8 km from Happo-One Ski Resort. This chalet features free private parking, free shuttle service and ...
Hakuba Happo-One Snow Resort in Nagano Prefecture, for example, began transitioning to renewable energy in 2020. By April 2022, 16 of its 22 lifts were operating entirely on renewable sources ...