Japan's heavy snow reveals stunning Snow Monsters. Join an exciting mountain adventure where fierce winds create ice ...

Muroi, who is from Tochigi Prefecture, has been visiting Zao for years to see the juhyo and enjoy the hot springs. Fu Shi-xiang, 31, who is from Taiwan and works in Japan, learned about Zao ...

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 ice monsters will all but vanish from Japan by the end ...

Canadian ski jumping sensation Alexandria Loutitt claimed her second career World Cup victory on Saturday with a gold medal in the women's large hill event in Zao, Japan, near Sapporo. The Calgary ...