At wintertime, seasonal winds blowing in from the Japan Sea transform the trees of the Zao mountain range into "snow monsters", or Zao Juhyo. The rime-covered trees are a popular tourist ...

But Fumitaka Yanagisawa, a professor emeritus at Yamagata University’s Research Institute for Ice Monsters and Volcanoes of Zao, warns that ... trees are covered with snow and ice, creating ...

Winter is especially nice, though, because of its unique positioning south of Mount Yotei and ... One of Zao's most popular attractions are the snow monsters — unusual shapes created by the ...

Japan's Mount Fuji has seen its first snowfall after going through the longest period without snow since records began 130 ...

Mount Fuji, a 12,000-foot peak located on the Japanese island of Honshu, is still lacking any measurable snow, extending a ...

Global warming is one of many factors that led to the slow snow cover. Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the ...

The lack of snow on Mt. Fuji, a UNESCO World Heritage ... Those who want to climb one of the most popular trails of Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji will now have to reserve ahead and pay a fee.

Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes. The national ...

But photographs taken from different points around the active volcano, where the skies were clearer early on Wednesday, showed a covering of snow on its peak. "These are photos of Mount Fuji ...

Snow has finally fallen on Mount Fuji, photographs shared by local authorities and residents showed Wednesday, after the Japanese mountain's longest-ever stint with bare slopes. The national weather ...