Heavy snowstorms continue in areas along the Sea of Japan. Although their intensity ... while in the famous Shirakawa village (Gifu Prefecture), the snow depth reached 1.84 meters.

Japan's Meteorological Agency says a strong ... fell in Yuzawa Town in Niigata Prefecture and 55 centimeters in Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture. As of 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 4.85 meters of ...

Snowfall reached record levels in eastern Hokkaido while blanketing other parts of the Japanese archipelago ... cm landed in Shirakawa village in Gifu Prefecture. The strong winter pressure ...

A winter pressure pattern and cold air mass ... Uonuma City in Niigata Prefecture, and 1.67 meters in Shirakawa Village in Gifu Prefecture as of 6 p.m. It is also snowing on the Noto Peninsula ...

Shirakawa village, which is part of the Shirakawago area, saw its first snow this winter on Dec. 14, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. By 11 a.m. on Dec. 15, the snow in the village ...

The large houses with their steeply pitched thatched roofs are the only examples of their kind in Japan. Despite economic ... Development pressures throughout the entire village of Ogimachi are ...