Falling ridership is putting pressure on JR Hokkaido to close underutilized local lines even as it struggles to complete the ...

Japan Railways Group has a number of special rail passes to make train travel cheaper, easier, and by extension, more fun, but one of the most popular, the Seishun 18 Ticket, underwent a number of ...

It is time to be in Japan. And now. On Monday (March 24), the Japan Meteorological Agency confirmed that the 2025 cherry ...

The luxury sleeper train Cassiopeia, which once connected Tokyo’s Ueno Station with Hokkado’s Sapporo Station, is set to make ...

The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) will deploy 20 second-hand Japanese KiHa diesel trains for suburban passenger services.The move will begin with a systems test in June before the KiHa 40 and KiHa ...

HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit. Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man ...

We found restaurants (and one amazing sausage stand) in stations in Paris, New York, Kyoto and beyond, where travelers can ...

Hokkaido's original Western-style wooden hotel served as lodgings for its first guest, the Meiji Emperor. Sapporo TV Tower You can enjoy a panoramic view of the city from the observation deck.

SAPPORO—The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Hokkaido’s most popular winter events, opened here on Feb. 4, overcoming what had been a record low snowfall this season. About 140 snow statues are ...