This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood ...

Hokkaido is a mountainous land of sparse towns ... flower rows as well as other natural wonders like the Shirogane Blue Pond.

My husband and I have always loved traveling to Japan because it is the safest ... heading back to Sapporo was to see the famous Blue Pond, so called because its water contains aluminum, which ...

Famous for its azure hue in the warmer months, Biei Town's Blue Pond in Hokkaido is popular with sightseers and locals alike. In winter, the body of water takes on an entirely different appearance ...

Japan's Environment Ministry has raised the nation's bird flu alert to the highest level after a highly pathogenic strain of the avian flu virus was detected in two towns in Hokkaido Prefecture ...