found only in a few select locations in Japan. Zao Onsen, in Yamagata Prefecture, is one of the best places to witness this incredible natural phenomenon. Unlike in typical years, the Snow ...

Touen was forced to shut down with the closure of the Zao Center Plaza, and Hachiman opened soon after. Hachiman showcases some of Yamagata’s most famous ingredients- Zao beef, lamb, and ...

YAMAGATA--For lovebirds on the slopes wanting ... The Chuo Slope at the Zao Onsen Ski Resort is offering to rent an entire ski slope for the night to private parties of up to 18 people.

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 ...