“A little Japan in Pittsburgh is really what we’re trying to bring to the Pitt student body, we’re trying to bring a taste of what we call home,” Iwabuchi said. “We want to bring the love that we have ...

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The Sapporo Snow Festival is an annual weeklong event that dates to 1950 in Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's main islands. The festival features around 200 sculptures, according to the Japan ...

You've seen athletes depicted in stone statues. But how about snow? At the Sapporo Snow Festival in Japan, among the sculptures at the festival is none other than Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei ...

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 ...

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Hokkaido Governor Naomichi Suzuki, at the opening ceremony of the festival, mentioned the record-level snowfalls that were hitting other areas of Japan’s northernmost main island on Feb. 4.

Something was clearly in the water – or rather the blood, as Shimizu’s story focuses on the exploits of anthropomorphised blood cells inside the body of a young girl.

Japan is famous for the Cherry Blossom Festival worldwide. The festival, also known as Hanami, marks the beginning of spring and is usually celebrated between March and April. You can witness this ...