Each year between mid-November and April, winter sports fans from around the world flock to Japan for the country’s renowned ...

An icy winter has transformed the tall trees of the Zao mountain range into wonderous snow sculptures, known as “juhyo,” or “snow monsters,” and conditions are now perfect to see them.

At Zao Onsen Ski Resort in the city of Yamagata, ice trees conveying a feeling of winter are their best. Ice trees are formed when snow and ice repeat･･･ ...