As winter coats Japan, snow and rime ice cover the trees, creating armies of monsters and snow giants that loom over the landscape. And in some of these photos, they look ready to trudge to life.

Heavy snow in large swaths of Japan has killed 17 and injured more than 90 people and left hundreds of homes without power, disaster management officials said Monday.

Snow measured in feet is blanketing parts of Japan this week, with snowfall rates among the highest on record. This is due, in part, to a phenomenon called sea-effect snow.

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Capital Weather Gang Extreme ocean-effect snow buries parts of Japan beneath seven feet, with more coming. The nation was sandwiched in between record-breaking weather systems.

More than 120 teams battled it out in a snowball fight tournament in a mountainous Japanese city on ... Uonuma is deep in Japan’s so-called “Snow Country,” a region that has seen hefty ...

Elsewhere along the spine of the Japanese Alps and Echigo Mountains, a broad four to six feet (1.2 to 1.8 meters) of snow fell, establishing a number of records.

Japanese gardeners view winter as a part of the gardening season. Sekku, or snow blossoms, appear on tree, plants, stones and gravel after a snowfall.

Sure, Japan didn't invent skiing. But while Europe was polishing its legacy and America was making it accessible, Japan knew it was blessed with what matters most: powder. It’s known as "Japow ...

For many of Snow Peak’s Japanese customers, however, the top activities are things like cooking, star gazing, and forest bathing, which is just sitting in the forest and taking in the sounds, ...