While thoughts of Hokkaido often bring to mind images of winter sports, snow festivals and chilly weather — there's plenty more to see in Japan’s northern prefecture. Located in the southernmost part ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido—It’s like bowling with a stick. Molkky is a team sport of Finnish origin in which a wooden pin is gently tossed at skittles. Each throw produces a score depending on how many pins ...

Only a 2-minute walk from the JR Hakodate Station, the Hakodate Morning Market Donburi Yokocho Market (Donburi Yokocho) is the best gourmet spot in Hakodate. It started out as a market cafeteria in ...

A snowplow train operated by the streetcar service in Hakodate City in northern Japan's Hokkaido made a trial run on Thursday ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido-Thousands of sardines and mackerel washed up ashore near Toi fishing port in Hakodate, Hokkaido, confirmed a city official on the morning of Dec 7. It has prompted speculation that ...

Hokkaido's Hakodate stands out as the nation's most attractive tourist destination for the second year in a row, according to a recent survey by a private think tank. The ranking of cities and as ...

Hakodate occupies a unique place on the Japanese landscape, both literally and gastronomically speaking. Facing the Tsugaru Strait from its position on the southern shores of Hokkaido's Oshima ...

The 2022 Hakodate Christmas Fantasy's illuminated Christmas tree is seen at the Kanemori Red Brick Warehouse commercial complex in Hakodate, Hokkaido on Dec. 1, 2022. (Mainichi/Kunihiko Misawa) ...

Scallop producers, hit by China’s two-year ban on Japanese seafood lifted just months ago, remain largely unfazed by the ...