Paris Games Week 2025 in Paris FA

Paris Games Week 2025 in Paris FA

Gaming enthusiasts play Ghost of Yotei during the Paris Games Week at the Parc des expositions in Paris, on October 30, 2025. Photo by Firas Abdullah/ABACAPRESS.COM

Prompted by Aussie invasion, local town curbs resort development

Prompted by Aussie invasion, local town curbs resort development

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction of many condominiums is under way in Kutchan town's Niseko Hirafu district in Hokkaido. Behind them is Mt. Yotei

Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - This photo taken on March 11, 2007 shows the Windsor Hotel Toya (fore) and Mt. Yotei (far) in southern Hokkaido. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked the Lake Toya hot-spring resort town on April 23 as one of sites for the summit of the Group of Eight nations in 2008.

Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido picked to host 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - This photo taken on March 11, 2007 shows the Windsor Hotel Toya (fore) and Mt. Yotei (far) in southern Hokkaido. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe picked the Lake Toya hot-spring resort town on April 23 as one of sites for the summit of the Group of Eight nations in 2008. (Kyodo)

Entrance to Muroran Bay

Entrance to Muroran Bay

A telephoto view of the Hakucho Bridge from the top of Sokuryo Mountain on the Etomo Peninsula in Muroran City, Hokkaido.

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

A distant view of Mt. Yotei from Road 66 in Niseko Town, Hokkaido.

Niseko Hirafu townscape and Mt.Yotei

Niseko Hirafu townscape and Mt.Yotei

The town of Hirafu in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido, a ski resort area bustling with overseas visitors, and Mount Yotei.

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei as seen from near Hanazono Resort, Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (winter) as seen from Hanazono Resort in Kutchan-cho, Hokkaido.

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei seen from the Yotei Koushin Viewpoint parking lot in Kyogoku Town (winter)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

Mt. Yotei (Ezo Fuji)

A spring (May) view of Mt. Yotei, also known as Ezo Fuji, covered in snow.

JR East luxury sleeper train runs in Hokkaido

JR East luxury sleeper train runs in Hokkaido

East Japan Railway Co.'s new luxury sleeper train, "Train Suite Shiki-shima," runs on May 2, 2017, in Date, Hokkaido, with Mt. Yotei in the background. The train began its first trip in Tokyo the previous day and is scheduled to return on May 4. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo