BIEI, Hokkaido--This farming town of around 9,300 people has learned it needs financial help to accommodate the 2 million tourists who flood the area annually. The town is set to levy the first new ...

SAPPORO, Japan, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Ferme La Terre Biei, a confectionery brand from Hokkaido loved for its Butter Cheese Sandwiches made with locally sourced ingredients, is making its ...

BIEI, Hokkaido—Over the course of a year, a stampede of tourists 200 times larger than the local population barrels through this northern town of less than 10,000 for its, now ironically, pastoral ...

BIEI, Hokkaido -- Visitors can now enjoy a popular tourist site here known as "the Blue Pond" while it's being lit up, as magical scenery shines in the dark against a background of Japanese larch ...

A wooden bench dyed with indigo is seen in Biei, Hokkaido, on July 7, 2022. (Mainichi/Taichi Kaizuka) BIEI, Hokkaido -- An old dyehouse in Hokkaido, northern Japan, opened a new interactive tourist ...

If you want to escape the heat of the city during Japan’s scorching summer, Hokkaido would be your ideal destination to cool down. Moreover, lavender and other delightful blossoms fill a canvas of ...

The waters of Blue Pond in Hokkaido Prefecture's Biei Town appear blue due to their volcanic components. For the past 10 years, the town has been lighting up the popular site in winter when it has ...

Japanese rescue forces have saved two exhausted Vietnamese climbers in Mount Biei, located in Japan’s northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. Japanese police and firefighters said that they received a ...

The decision by a farmer in Hokkaido to chop down an Italian poplar is being lamented outside of Japan. A tourist attraction in a remote, rural setting, the popular poplar even had its own ...

Photographers from around the world are participating in the 2016 National Geographic Travel Photographer of the Year contest. Each week we’ll feature one contest photo entry and share how the ...