'Snow monster' trees delight visitors to north Japan's Hakkoda mountains
AOMORI -- Towering "snow monster" ice-covered trees in Aomori's Hakkoda mountains are now at their most spectacular, drawing ...
Snow depth tops 4.3 meters, buries cars in northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture
Record snowfall has hit the Tsugaru region of northern Japan's Aomori Prefecture, with snow reaching over 4.3 meters deep in one area.The sn･･･ ...
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Heavy snow hits mountainous areas in northern Japan
Japanese weather officials are calling on people returning from their holidays in northern Japan to ... in the Hakkoda Mountains in Aomori Prefecture. Aomori city had 122 centimeters, which ...
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400-year-old ‘fusuma’ art in Aomori a ‘match’ for set in London
A simple request to examine a centuries-old artwork led to a stunning discovery: the paintings on “fusuma” sliding doors owned by a long-established family in northern Japan were deemed to be ...
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Heavy snow hits eastern to northern Japan through Sunday evening
A winter pressure pattern and a cold air mass are forecast to bring heavy snow mainly to mountainous areas along the Sea of Japan through ... Mutsu City in Aomori Prefecture and Kuzuryu, Ono ...
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Northern seafood harvests taking heavy hit from warmer waters
Aomori Prefecture is the second largest scallop producing area in Japan, after Hokkaido ... at a depth of 15 meters in Mutsu Bay off Aomori city on Aug. 3, and daily highs surpassed that level ...
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A legacy uncovered
When Shoichi died in 2014, Kanako thought she had seen most of the best photos he had taken during his career as a newsman in Aomori ... was 16-years-old and Japan was losing the war.
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Tuna weighing as much as a grizzly bear sells for $1.3 million in Japan
The 608-pound fish, equivalent in weight to a typical male grizzly bear, was caught off the coast of Oma in northern Japan's Aomori prefecture on Saturday morning, according to Japan's Kyodo News ...