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Japan: Blizzard Warning Issued as Severe Winter Weather Grips Hokkaido 4

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a blizzard warning and heavy snow advisory for parts of Hokkaido on Friday, December 26.

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka attend a press conference on Dec. 7, 2002, in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, ahead of their wedding ceremony.(Kyodo)

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Actress Uchida, actor Yoshioka tie the knot

FURANO, Japan, Jan. 28 Kyodo - Actress Yuki Uchida and actor Hidetaka Yoshioka pose for photos after their wedding ceremony at a hotel in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan, on Dec. 7, 2002. (Pool photo)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lavender field in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lavender field in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lavender museum in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists visit a lavender field in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- This photo shows lavender blossoms at a lavender field in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-HUOCHENG-LAVENDER-INDUSTRY (CN)

(240727) -- HUOCHENG, July 27, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Tourists select lavender products at a lavender farm in Huocheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, July 26, 2024. Lavender was introduced in Huocheng County more than half century ago from France. Sharing many similarities with Provence in France as latitude, meteorological and soil conditions, Huocheng become the largest lavender production base in China and the third largest in the world, following Provence and Japan's Furano. In recent years, the county has given impetus to the lavender industry by integrating agriculture, industry and tourism, increasing the income of local people. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Huang Xiaoyong)

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Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Young African throws ceremonial 1st pitch at Japan pro game

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Zabre Junior, one of three young Africans practicing baseball in Furano, Hokkaido, throws the ceremonial first pitch at a Japanese professional game between the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Saitama Seibu Lions at Asahikawa Starffin Stadium in Japan's northernmost prefecture on July 17, 2014.

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Young African practices baseball batting in Japan

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Kafando Hamidou, one of three young Africans practicing baseball in Furano in Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, prepares to hit a ball in this file photo taken in July 2014.

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Steam loco ready to pull tourist train in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A steam locomotive at Hokkaido Railway Co.'s Asahikawa Station stands ready on June 7, 2014, to pull the "Norokko" three-car train that links the Furano and Biei tourist spots in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Omelet curry wins 2nd place at Yokosuka festival

YOKOSUKA, Japan - A food vendor holds an omelet curry from Furano in Hokkaido, northern Japan, at the Yokosuka Curry Festival 2014 in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on May 11, 2014. It won second place in the local curry competition.

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Man publishes newsletter about ex-residents in Fukushima town

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Noritada Nakazato shows copies of a newsletter called Kawabusa Tsushin which he has been publishing to deepen bonds among former residents of a district in Fukushima Prefecture, during an interview in October 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. About 300 residents in Kawabusa had to evacuate their homes shortly after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered the nuclear disaster.

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Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, takes care of melons on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.

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Ex-Antarctic team member becomes farmer in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Yoshinori Yamakawa, a former member of Japan's Antarctic expedition team, plows a field on May 8, 2013 in Furano, Hokkaido. Yamakawa became a farmer in the spring of 2013 after moving to the city three years ago and learning about agriculture from scratch.

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Lavender in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Tourists enjoy lavender at its best in the Furano area in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 22, 2011.

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Lavender in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Lavender is at its best in the Furano area in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on July 22, 2011.

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Screenwriter Kuramoto

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Japanese screenwriter So Kuramoto, who launched a homestay program in Furano, Hokkaido, to accept children affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami disaster in 2011.

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Bellybutton festival in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Men with faces painted on their stomachs, with their heads hidden in hats, perform during the annual summer ''bellybutton'' festival in the city of Furano, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2010. As the city is located in the center of Japan's northernmost island, its residents call it the bellybutton of Hokkaido.

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Bellybutton festival in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Men with faces painted on their stomachs, with their heads hidden in hats, perform during the annual summer ''bellybutton'' festival in the city of Furano, Hokkaido, on July 29, 2010. As the city is located in the center of Japan's northernmost island, its residents call it the bellybutton of Hokkaido.

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Italy's Isabella Balcon wins women's parallel giant slalom

FURANO, Japan - Italy's Isabella Dal Balcon speeds down the course to win the women's parallel giant slalom at the Snow Board World Cup in Furano, Hokkaido, on Feb. 16.

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Canada's Morison wins men's parallel giant slalom

FURANO, Japan - Matthew Morison of Canada competes during the men's parallel giant slalom race at the Snowboard World Cup in Furano, Hokkaido, on Feb. 16. Morison won the event.

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Lavender in full bloom in Hokkaido

FURANO, Japan - Tourists take a walk in the fields of lavender in full bloom in the central Hokkaido town of Frurano on July 21.

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Turin champ Meuli wraps up World Cup season with win

FURANO, Japan - Turin Winter Olympic gold medalist Daniela Meuli of Switzerland (L) competes with Austrian Julia Dujmovits during the final of the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom in the final World Cup event of the term in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 19. Meuli captured her fifth World Cup win of the season.

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Sweden's Biveson wins World Cup title in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Daniel Biveson of Sweden races down during the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom in the final World Cup event of the term in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 19. Biveson won his first title of the season by beating Andreas Prommegger of Austria.

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Pesko win at World Cup halfpipe

FURANO, Japan - Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (C) wins the women's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18. Japan's Soko Yamaoka (L) finished runner-up and fellow Japanese Shiho Nakashima was (R) third.

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Lipscomb wins halfpipe title at World Cup Furano meet

FURANO, Japan - Canadian Crispin Lipscomb wins the men's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18.

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Maltais wins World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Dominique Maltais of Canada celebrates her victory in the World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17.

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Novotny wins World Cup men's snowboard cross races in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Michal Novotny of the Czech Republic competes during the final of the World Cup men's snowboard cross race in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17. Novotny won his first World Cup title.

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Maltais wins World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Turin Olympic bronze medalist Dominique Maltais of Canada (C) races down during the final of the World Cup women's snowboard cross event in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17. Maltais marked her second win this season.

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(1)Car rams imperial motorcade

FURANO, Japan - The car that carried Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during their tour of Hokkaido is parked outside Furano Police Station on July 4. A minicar attempted to ram a motorcade carrying the imperial couple, but a police motorcycle escort blocked it and they were unharmed.

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Car rams imperial motorcade, emperor, empress safe

FURANO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) arrive at lavender fields in Nakafurano, Hokkaido, on July 4 following an incident in which a minicar driven by a 35-year-old man, Osamu Koizumi, attempted to ram their motorcade.

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Emperor, empress stroll through Hokkaido lavender fields

FURANO, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) holds up a bit of lavender as she and Emperor Akihito stroll through lavender fields in the town of Nakafurano in central Hokkaido on July 4.

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Lavender season in Hokkaido

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - A young couple enjoy smelling at lavender in the central Hokkaido town of Naka-Furano on July 6. Tourist officials of the town, known for lavender, said the flower came into bloom much earlier than normal years due to a warmer weather.

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Furano flowers in full bloom

FURANO, Japan - Ball-like flowers called Allium-giganteum, which belong to the scullion family, are shown in full bloom in Furano, Hokkaido, northern Japan in this photo taken July 26. The flowers have grown as big as some 20 centimeters in diameter.

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Maltais wins World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Turin Olympic bronze medalist Dominique Maltais of Canada (C) races down during the final of the World Cup women's snowboard cross event in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17. Maltais marked her second win this season. (Kyodo)

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Novotny wins World Cup men's snowboard cross races in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Michal Novotny of the Czech Republic competes during the final of the World Cup men's snowboard cross race in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17. Novotny won his first World Cup title. (Kyodo)

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Maltais wins World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Dominique Maltais of Canada celebrates her victory in the World Cup women's snowboard cross race in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 17. (Kyodo)

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Pesko win at World Cup halfpipe

FURANO, Japan - Manuela Laura Pesko of Switzerland (C) wins the women's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18. Japan's Soko Yamaoka (L) finished runner-up and fellow Japanese Shiho Nakashima was (R) third. (Kyodo)

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Lipscomb wins halfpipe title at World Cup Furano meet

FURANO, Japan - Canadian Crispin Lipscomb wins the men's halfpipe title at the World Cup Furano meet on March 18. (Kyodo)

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Turin champ Meuli wraps up World Cup season with win

FURANO, Japan - Turin Winter Olympic gold medalist Daniela Meuli of Switzerland (L) competes with Austrian Julia Dujmovits during the final of the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom in the final World Cup event of the term in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 19. Meuli captured her fifth World Cup win of the season. (Kyodo)

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Sweden's Biveson wins World Cup title in Furano

FURANO, Japan - Daniel Biveson of Sweden races down during the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom in the final World Cup event of the term in Furano, Hokkaido, on March 19. Biveson won his first title of the season by beating Andreas Prommegger of Austria. (Kyodo)

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Italy's Isabella Balcon wins women's parallel giant slalom

FURANO, Japan - Italy's Isabella Dal Balcon speeds down the course to win the women's parallel giant slalom at the Snow Board World Cup in Furano, Hokkaido, on Feb. 16. (Kyodo)

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Canada's Morison wins men's parallel giant slalom

FURANO, Japan - Matthew Morison of Canada competes during the men's parallel giant slalom race at the Snowboard World Cup in Furano, Hokkaido, on Feb. 16. Morison won the event. (Kyodo)

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(1)Car rams imperial motorcade

FURANO, Japan - The car that carried Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko during their tour of Hokkaido is parked outside Furano Police Station on July 4. A minicar attempted to ram a motorcade carrying the imperial couple, but a police motorcycle escort blocked it and they were unharmed. (Kyodo)

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Car rams imperial motorcade, emperor, empress safe

FURANO, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R) and Empress Michiko (R) arrive at lavender fields in Nakafurano, Hokkaido, on July 4 following an incident in which a minicar driven by a 35-year-old man, Osamu Koizumi, attempted to ram their motorcade. (Kyodo)

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Emperor, empress stroll through Hokkaido lavender fields

FURANO, Japan - Empress Michiko (L) holds up a bit of lavender as she and Emperor Akihito stroll through lavender fields in the town of Nakafurano in central Hokkaido on July 4. (Kyodo)