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Japan: Low-Pressure System Brings Blizzard Conditions to Hokkaido, Knocking Donw Trees

A rapidly developing low-pressure system moved through Hokkaido on Monday, December 15, bringing heavy snow and blizzard conditions that have caused widespread havoc and left up to 36,000 homes without power. The severe winter storm resulted in collapsed roofs, downed trees, power lines and school fences, stranded cars, and major train cancellations.

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Bear sightings in northern Japan

Photo taken in October 2025 shows a signboard set up at a park in Hokuto in Hokkaido, northern Japan, announcing the cancellation of an autumn foliage illumination event amid a recent spate of bear attacks in the region.

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[Breaking News]Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

SENDAI, Japan, Oct. 10 Kyodo - Video taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan. (Kyodo)

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Photo taken Oct. 10, 2024, shows a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (C) sees off specially painted bullet trains adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse poses in front of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- ahead of its departure from JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed trains will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Disney-themed shinkansen bullet train

Mickey Mouse (2nd from L) gestures prior to the departure of a specially painted bullet train adorned with characters from Tokyo DisneySea's Fantasy Springs area -- themed after Disney films "Frozen," "Peter Pan" and "Tangled" -- at JR Sendai Station in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Oct. 10, 2024. The Disney-themed train will run through June 2025 on the Tohoku and Hokkaido Shinkansen lines linking Tokyo and the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan PM Kishida at tomato farm

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (R) visits a tomato farm utilizing digitalization to improve agricultural productivity on June 29, 2024, in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida at tomato farm

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits a tomato farm utilizing digitalization to improve agricultural productivity on June 29, 2024, in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida at tomato farm

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visits a tomato farm utilizing digitalization to improve agricultural productivity on June 29, 2024, in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Japan PM Kishida at tomato farm

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida eats a slice of tomato at a farm utilizing digitalization to improve agricultural productivity on June 29, 2024, in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan. (Pool photo)

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Hokkaido Shinkansen achieves speed of 260 kph

HOKUTO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido shows a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, which is in trial run ahead of the spring 2016 launch. It achieved a maximum speed of 260 kilometers per hour.

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Railroading work for new bullet train line completed

HAKODATE, Japan - A railway construction vehicle runs as part of a ceremony held at a station in Kikonai on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 1, 2014, making the completion of railroading work for the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Shin-Aomori and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations.

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Japan's north, south tips linked by bullet train system

SAPPORO, Japan - Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station of the 149-km Hokkaido Shinkansen line is shown above in this aerial photo taken on Nov. 1, 2014, following the completion of railroading work connecting Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido with Kagoshima Prefecture on the southernmost main island of Kyushu with the bullet train system.

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Suntory adds 4 pot stills to meet brisk whisky demand

HOKUTO, Japan - Two pairs of pot stills newly installed at Suntory Liquors Ltd.'s Hakushu Distillery in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, are shown to the press on Sept. 24, 2014. This was the distiller's first equipment expansion in 33 years designed to meet growing demand for its "Hakushu" brand whisky.

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Japanese religious group's hall to keep people's mementos

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese religious group GLA's hall to keep mementos and remains of the deceased in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, is seen in this undated photo. Funeral customs and traditions have been changing in Japan.

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Japanese religious group's hall to keep people's mementos

TOKYO, Japan - A man shows a burial vault of Japanese religious group GLA's hall to keep mementos and remains of the deceased in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture. Funeral customs and traditions have been changing in Japan.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen new station named 'Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto'

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co.'s new station building is under construction in Hokuto, Hokkaido, in March 2014. JR Hokkaido announced on June 11, 2014, that the name of the new station for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto." The bullet train line is planned to begin operating in 2016 spring.

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Asakusa, Hokkaido mascots at Tokyo event

TOKYO, Japan - Mascot character "Shin-Nyaka" (R), representing the Shin-Nakamise shopping street in Asakusa, Tokyo, and "Zushi Hokki" from the city of Hokuto, Hokkaido, pose on the street as tourists photograph them on April 17, 2014, during a tourism promotion event.

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1st 5 major cherry trees summit in Japan

KITAMOTO, Japan - Representatives of five Japanese municipalities known for their ancient cherry trees - (from L) Fujinomiya City of Shizuoka Prefecture, Hokuto City of Yamanashi Prefecture, Kitamoto City of Saitama Prefecture, Motosu City of Gifu Prefecture, and the town of Miharu of Fukushima Prefecture - join hands to pose for photos during their first summit meeting to discuss preservation methods and tourism promotion plans on March 23, 2014, in Kitamoto. Designated as natural treasures in 1922, the venerable trees are known as the "five major cherry trees of Japan" and range from 800 to 2,000 years of age.

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Ice candle illumination

HAKODATE, Japan - An avenue leading to a Trappist monastery is illuminated by ice candles in Hokuto, Hokkaido, on Dec. 24, 2012.

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People opting for tours off the beaten track

KOFU, Japan - Tourists take part in a rice harvest tour in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Sept. 26, 2009.

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Butoh gains international recognition as avant-garde dancing

HOKUTO, Japan - Min Tanaka, 61, performs at an outdoor summer festival ''Dance Hakushu'' held in the Hokuto city's Hakushu area in August 2006.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows the lobby of a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a room of a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken on April 22, 2022, shows a train-turned-guest house that opened the same day in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, utilizing cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train.

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Train-turned-guest house in Hokkaido

Photo taken April 3, 2022, in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto, northern Japan, shows cars of the retired Hokutosei sleeper train that will be utilized as a guest house from late April.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen readies for spring 2016 launch

The head carriage of an H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line is shown to the press in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Nov. 20, 2014. The new service, set to begin in spring 2016, will enable passengers to travel from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations in 4 hours, 10 minutes via the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, shortening the trip by about an hour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakodate businessmen dress up as bullet train to promote Shinkansen

Members of a group of young businesspeople in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, dressed up with headgear mimicking the new H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, line up in adjacent Hokuto on March 14, 2015, in an effort to promote the upcoming new train service set to begin in spring 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakodate businessmen dress up as bullet train to promote Shinkansen

Members of a group of young businesspeople in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, dressed up with headgear mimicking the new H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line, line up in adjacent Hokuto on March 14, 2015, in an effort to promote the upcoming new train service set to begin in spring 2016. In the foreground is one of the group members dressed as a train station attendant. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen train in trial run ahead of spring 2016 launch

An H5 series bullet train for the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line makes a trial run on Dec. 26, 2014, in Hokuto on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido ahead of its spring 2016 launch. The new service will enable passengers to travel from Tokyo to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto stations in 4 hours, 10 minutes via the Tohoku Shinkansen Line, shortening the trip by about an hour. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen has nearly 30,000 passengers in 1st 3 days

A businessman gets on a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station on March 29, 2016. A total of about 29,700 people got on trains of the new line linking Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido with Tokyo in the first three days of its opening through March 28, according to Hokkaido Railway Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

People dressed as a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train, welcome the arrival of the first train from Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

People, including those dressed as a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet rain, throng the outside of JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the first shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo arriving at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station (bottom) in Hokkaido on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

A family board the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:18 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo, traveling toward the Honshu main island (to the direction of R top) shortly after departing JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:37 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen Line opens for travel

A family board the first shinkansen bullet train bound for Tokyo at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido at 6:10 a.m. on March 26, 2016, the opening day of the Hokkaido Shinkansen Line directly linking Japan's northernmost island Hokkaido with the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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People sport Hokkaido Shinkansen train headwear to celebrate

People sport headwear resembling a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train outside the Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on March 25, 2016, the day before the launch of the bullet train line's operation connecting the station and Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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FEATURE: Hakodate abuzz ahead of Hokkaido Shinkansen line opening

A family smiles in front of a Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train at JR Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido on Feb. 13, 2016. The bullet train service will be introduced on March 26 to run the 148-kilometer route between Shin-Aomori Station in Aomori Prefecture and Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido in one hour through an undersea tunnel. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido governor goes on Shinkansen test ride

Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi reacts at a train station in the Hokkaido city of Hokuto on Jan. 30, 2016, after going on a test ride for a new bullet train service to open in March between Hokkaido and Japan's main island of Honshu. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Reporters test-ride new Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train

A Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train enters JR Shin-Hakodate Hokuto station in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido on Jan. 28, 2016, for a test-ride event for reporters. The new bullet train service, to be launched in March, will connect Hokkaido and Tokyo in four hours and two minutes. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Police conduct drill for indiscriminate attacks

Police officers conduct a drill simulating a man attacking pedestrians indiscriminately with a kitchen knife, in Hokuto on the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Oct. 15, 2015. The drill was conducted outside the station of Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto, which would open in March 2016 along with the launch of the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train to make debut in March

Osamu Shimada (L), president of Hokkaido Railway Co., attends a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Sept. 16, 2015, to announce that the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train line will open March 26, 2016. The bullet train will connect Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station in Hokkaido and Tokyo in 4 hours 10 minutes at the fastest. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuto city in north Japan brings "Hokuto no Ken" horse statue at festa

Participants haul the 4-meter-high statue of "Kokuoh-go" (Black King), the black horse for Raoh, a main adversary character in the popular Japanese comic and animation series "Hokuto no Ken" ("Fist of the North Star"), at a festival parade in Hokuto, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on July 26, 2015. A group of local residents is seeking to revitalize the city with fictional characters from the namesake manga series. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto in 3rd round of ISPS Handa Global Cup

Toshinori Muto plays in the third round of the ISPS Handa Global Cup at Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Poulter in action at ISPS Handa Global Cup

Britain's Ian Poulter plays his approach shot on the 18th hole during the third round of the ISPS Handa Global Cup at Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Muto congratulated after winning ISPS golf

Japan's Toshinori Muto is congratulated by Toru Taniguchi (L) and others after winning the ISPS Handa Global Cup at the Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 28, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's Muto wins ISPS Handa Global Cup in playoff

Japan's Toshinori Muto holds the victor's trophy at the Vintage Golf Club in Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan, on June 28, 2015, after beating Angelo Que of the Philippines on the second playoff hole to clinch the ISPS Handa Global Cup. Both players finished on 14-under-par 270 in regulation play. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo