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Ski jumping: World Cup in Zao

Austria's Jacqueline Seifriedsberger (C) poses for a photo after winning a women's normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 26, 2025, alongside silver medalist Eirin Maria Kvandal (L) of Norway and bronze medalist Nika Prevc of Slovenia.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Slovenia's Nika Prevc (C) poses for a photo after winning a women's normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 24, 2025, alongside silver medalist Thea Minyan Bjoerseth (L) of Norway and bronze medalist Eva Pinkelnig of Austria.

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Ski jumping: World Cup in Zao

Germany's Selina Freitag (L) and Agnes Reisch pose for a photo after winning the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Germany's Selina Freitag competes in the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski jumping: World Cup

Germany's Agnes Reisch competes in the women's super team normal hill event at the Ski Jumping World Cup at Aliontek Zao Schanze in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 25, 2025.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air at the women's individual ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025. She finished seventh.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air at the women's individual ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025. She finished seventh.

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Ski Jumping: World Cup in Zao

Jacqueline Seifriedsberger of Austria competes en route to winning the women's individual title at a ski jumping World Cup event in Zao in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Yamagata on Jan. 26, 2025.

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Snow volleyball match in Japan

A snow volleyball exhibition match takes place at a ski resort in Zao in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

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Snow volleyball match in Japan

A snow volleyball exhibition match takes place at a ski resort in Zao in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2023.

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Takanashi sweeps doubleheader at Zao

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a World Cup women's ski jumping event at Zao in Yamagata Prefecture on Feb. 10, 2013. Takanashi swept a doubleheader that day.

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"Ice monsters" in Yamagata ski resort

YAMAGATA, Japan, Feb. 1 Kyodo - A skier slides between "ice monsters," or deposits of ice and snow on pine trees at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 1, 2017.

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Japan's Takanashi misses podium in Zao ski jumping

YAMAGATA, Japan - Two-time defending World Cup champion Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air at the women's World Cup jumping event at Zao resort in Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015. Takanashi finished seventh after the second round of the competition was canceled due to high winds.

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Japan's Takanashi misses podium in Zao ski jumping

YAMAGATA, Japan - Two-time defending World Cup champion Sara Takanashi of Japan leaves the ramps at Zao resort in Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 18, 2015, after the second round of the competition was canceled due to high winds. Takanashi finished seventh after her only jump of 89.0 meters.

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Ski trip led by PM's wife seeks to have middle-agers return to slopes

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken Feb. 26, 2014, shows Yamagata Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata Prefecture. A ski event at the resort open to the general public is planned in early 2015 to revive the popularity of skiing.

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Mt. Fubo in Miyagi Prefecture

SENDAI, Japan - People walk on a trail of Mt. Fubo in the Zao Mountain Range in Miyagi Prefecture on Aug. 2, 2014.

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Tourists enjoy snow-coated trees at Zao, Yamagata Pref.

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tourists walk among "Ice Monsters," or snow-coated trees, at the Zao hot spring and skiing resort in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2014.

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Tourists enjoy snow-coated trees at Zao, Yamagata Pref.

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tourists take photos of themselves with "Ice Monsters," or snow-coated trees, at the Zao hot spring and skiing resort in Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 26, 2014.

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Japan's Takanashi makes trial jump at national meet

YAMAGATA, Japan - Sara Takanashi of Japan soars through the air during a trial jump at a national athletic meet in Zao, Yamagata Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 22, 2014. Takanashi finished fourth in the Sochi Winter Olympics normal hill individual event in Russia.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows the first jump of Japan's Sara Takanashi at a women's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Zao in the city of Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2014. Takanashi finished first to claim her 17th title, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows (from L) Germany's Carina Vogt, Japan's Sara Takanashi and Bigna Windmueller of Switzerland at the award ceremony of a women's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Zao in the city of Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2014. Takanashi won the meet to claim her 17th title, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins. Vogt and Windmueller finished second and third, respectively.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

YAMAGATA, Japan - Japan's Sara Takanashi acknowledges cheers from spectators at the award ceremony following her victory at a women's individual World Cup ski jumping event at Zao in the city of Yamagata, northern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2014. Takanashi claimed her 17th title, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins.

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Takanashi grabs 17th World Cup title

ZAO, Japan - Japanese teenage ski jumper Sara Takanashi wins a women's individual meet in Yamagata on Jan. 19, 2014, the ninth of the World Cup series, setting a Japanese record for career World Cup wins by claiming her 17th title.

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Takanashi posts 16th World Cup win

ZAO, Japan - Japanese Sochi Olympic gold medal hope Sara Takanashi waves after winning the women's ski jumping World Cup event in Yamagata on Jan. 18, 2014. Takanashi posted her seventh World Cup win of the season with 110.8 points.

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Ice deposits on trees in Yamagata

SENDAI, Japan - Skiers glide past ice deposits on trees at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 5, 2012.

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Ice deposits in Zao mountains

YAMAGATA, Japan - Skiers pass gigantic ice deposits on trees at a ski resort in the city of Yamagata in the Zao mountains in northeastern Japan on Feb. 2, 2011. The rare ice deposits are formed when moisture in the air freezes on trees and snow accumulates on top.

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Ice deposits in Zao mountains

YAMAGATA, Japan - Skiers pass gigantic ice deposits on trees at a ski resort in the city of Yamagata in the Zao mountains in northeastern Japan on Feb. 2, 2011. The rare ice deposits are formed when moisture in the air freezes on trees and snow accumulates on top.

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White ice on trees in Zao mountains may fade in 40 years

YAMAGATA, Japan - Photo shows white ice deposits on trees along a ski slope in Yamagata City of the Zao mountains in February 2010. A research team led by Yamagata University professor Fumitaka Yanagisawa warned on Nov. 10, 2010, that the phenomenon could vanish in 40 years due to global warming.

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Soft rime 'Ice Monsters' at Zao Onsen Ski Resort northern Japan

YAMAGATA, Japan - Tourists ski past soft rime ''Ice Monsters'' created by snow and ice covering coniferous trees, at Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata, northern Japan, on Feb. 8, 2010.

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Ski areas in northern Japan face severe shortages of snow

YAMAGATA, Japan - The Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata Prefecture, which opened Dec. 5, 2009, faces dried grass and soil on many parts of its slope on Dec. 10. Ski areas in Japan's Tohoku district are facing severe shortages of snow this year, raising worries among ski resort operators, workers and other related people ahead of the arrival of the busy year-end and New Year period.

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Sunning bamboos for fishing rods

HASHIMOTO, Japan - Katsuyoshi Ofuku, a veteran fishing rod maker, is working on bamboo cuttings being dried in the sun for use as rod materials. The bamboos being sunned are used specifically to make fishing rods to catch the artificially cultivated crucian carp known in Japanese as ''herabuna.'' Ofuku, who has built fishing rods for 48 years, is drying 3,000 bamboo rods outside his studio in Hashimoto, Wakayama Prefecture, where 90 percent of the herabuna rods (hera zao) used in Japan are produced.

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Frost on trees of Zao, Yamagata Pref., becoming more acidified

YAMAGATA, Japan - Silver frost on trees in Zao mountains in Yamagata Prefecture is lit up in a photo taken on Feb. 1, 2006. The frost has been acidified over a decade, partly due to air pollution from steel plants in China's Shanxi Province, research by environment experts showed on March 17.

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S.K. Ho hangs on to win JCB Classic Sendai

SHIBATA, Japan - South Korea's S.K. Ho holds up his trophy after winning the JCB Classic Sendai golf tournament at the Omote Zao Kokusai Golf Club course in Miyagi Prefecture on June 5.

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5 S. Koreans confirmed safe after going missing skiing

YAMAGATA, Japan - A South Korean skier in a wheelchair arrives at a hospital in Yamagata on March 12 after being rescued from the Zao Spa Ski Resort. Five South Koreans who were reported missing on March 11 after having failed to return to their hotel at the ski resort were found safe.

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Volcanic Alert Raised for Mt. Zao in Northeastern Japan

Miyagi and Yamagata, Japan -Jan. 30: Japan's weather agency raised Tuesday the alert level for Mt. Zao, a volcano near a popular ski area in northeastern Japan, citing the detection of volcanic tremors and warning of the possibility of a small eruption. The alert on a scale of five has been raised from 1, which only indicates the "potential" for increased activity, to 2, a level advising　People to refrain from approaching the crater, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The agency warned that an area within an approximately 1.2-kilometer radius of the crater could see rocks raining down from　above if a small eruption occurs. Mt. Zao straddles the border between prefectures of Miyagi and　Yamagata. According to the weather agency, volcanic tremors, caused by　movements of hot subterranean water and volcanic gas, were observed over a period of 31 minutes from 2:18 p.m. on Tuesday and were larger than those recorded on Sunday and early Tuesday morning.

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5 S. Koreans confirmed safe after going missing skiing

YAMAGATA, Japan - A South Korean skier in a wheelchair arrives at a hospital in Yamagata on March 12 after being rescued from the Zao Spa Ski Resort. Five South Koreans who were reported missing on March 11 after having failed to return to their hotel at the ski resort were found safe. (Kyodo)

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S.K. Ho hangs on to win JCB Classic Sendai

SHIBATA, Japan - South Korea's S.K. Ho holds up his trophy after winning the JCB Classic Sendai golf tournament at the Omote Zao Kokusai Golf Club course in Miyagi Prefecture on June 5. (Kyodo)

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'Ice Monsters' at Zao ski resort in northern Japan at their peak

Spectacularly lit-up trees covered with ice and snow, nicknamed "Ice Monsters," are at their peak at the Zao hot spring ski resort in Yamagata City, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Couple enjoys 'Ice Monsters' at Zao ski area, north Japan

A couple enjoys roaming around trees covered with ice and snow, nicknamed "Ice Monsters," at the Zao hot spring ski resort in Yamagata City, Japan, on Feb. 21, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice deposits on trees in Yamagata, Japan

Skiers slide between ice deposits on pine trees at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice deposits on trees in Yamagata, Japan

Ice deposits on pine trees are seen at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice deposits on trees in Yamagata, Japan

Ice deposits on pine trees are seen at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Emperor, empress visit north Japan area developed by returnees from Palau

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visit the Kitaharao district of Zao, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was developed on June 17, 2015, by Japanese nationals who were repatriated from the southwestern Pacific island country of Palau after the end of World War II. This photo shows the imperial couple watching pictures of work in Palau under Japanese rule at that time. The couple visited Palau in April to pay respects to WWII victims. (Pool Phot by Nihon Keizai Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Okama crater of Mt. Zao, northeastern Japan

The Okama crater of Mt. Zao in northeastern Japan is seen on April 13, 2015. The Japan Meteorological Agency's Sendai Regional Headquarters on June 16, 2015, lifted a volcanic warning, in place since April, for the mountain straddling Miyagi and Yamagata prefectures. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Near-crater warning issued at Mt. Zao

Photo taken on April 13, 2015, from a Kyodo News airplane shows the crater of Mt. Zao in northeastern Japan, for which the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a near-crater warning the same day as small eruptions may occur there in the face of an increase in volcanic temblors. The last time Mt. Zao erupted was April 1940. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Near-crater warning issued at Mt. Zao

Photo taken on April 13, 2015, from a Kyodo News airplane shows the crater of Mt. Zao in northeastern Japan, for which the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a near-crater warning the same day as small eruptions may occur there in the face of an increase in volcanic temblors. The last time Mt. Zao erupted was April 1940. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Near-crater warning issued at Mt. Zao

Photo taken on April 13, 2015, from a Kyodo News airplane shows the crater of Mt. Zao in northeastern Japan, for which the Japan Meteorological Agency issued a near-crater warning the same day as small eruptions may occur there in the face of an increase in volcanic temblors. The last time Mt. Zao erupted was April 1940. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Northern Japan spa resort hosts event to help revive ski popularity

Middle-aged people converse while drinking sake at the "Kamakura Bar," created by carving out a mound of snow at the Zao Onsen Ski Resort in Yamagata, northwestern Japan, on Feb. 28, 2015. The gathering was part of an event aimed at reviving the popularity of skiing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice Monsters attract skiers

People enjoy skiing among so-called "Ice Monsters" at Zao hot spring ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 21, 2015. Ice Monsters are formed by ice and snow coating pine trees, and are now in the last stage of their best time to view. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ice deposits on trees in Yamagata, Japan

Skiers slide between ice deposits on pine trees at Zao hot spring and ski resort in Yamagata, northeastern Japan, on Feb. 3, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo