Hokkaido’s 150-year-old capital and Japan’s fifth-largest city, Sapporo (札幌) is a spacious and laid-back place…

Hemmed in by the Hidaka Mountains and the Pacific Ocean, this sun-kissed region is Japan’s top racehorse breed…

From the 1870s to the 1980s, Sorachi Region was one of Japan’s major coalfields with more than a hundred minin…

Shikotsu-Toya National Park is one of Hokkaido’s most popular destinations with foreigners and easily accessib…

Niseko is Japan’s most dynamically changing ski resort, modern buildings, restaurants and bars are rising day …

With an idyllic countryside, relaxed onsen, scenic coastlines and family-friendly attractions, Sapporo’s subur…

Otaru is a nostalgic port town grew rapidly since the 1880s, a number of major trading companies and banks ope…

The spectacular coastal Oiwake Soran Line, stretch south from the Matsumae Peninsula to Hiyama Region, is the …

Otaru is a nostalgic port town grew rapidly since the 1880s, a number of major trading companies and banks ope…

One of Japan’s first international trade ports opened in 1854, Hakodate is a romantic port town with an East-m…

As its name suggests, this idyllic northeastern region lies along the Sea of Okhotsk. The almost flat shorelin…

‘The end of the earth’ in Ainu, the finger-shaped Shiretoko Peninsula juts up into the Sea of Okhotsk is spect…

Picturesque caldera lakes, attractive onsen and lakeside Ainu kotan (villages), Akan-Mashu National Park conta…

These two neighboring regions from Kushiro Shitsugen National Park to the Nemuro Peninsula contains wilderness…

‘Crossing the Karikachi Pass, there is real Hokkaido.’ The magnificent Tokachi is Japan’s ‘Agricultural Kingdo…

The northernmost region of mainland Japan, Soya is a dramatic destination for hitchhikers, cyclists and motorc…