The XVIII Winter Olympics opened when a shirtless 516-pound sumo wrestler purified the stadium with thunderous foot stomps and a 90-pound figure skater wearing a kimono delicately touched the torch to ...

Nagano, Japan may be known as the site of the 1998 Winter Olympics, but the destination offers seemingly endless opportunities to enjoy year-round nature activities, as well as to go back in time ...

The macaque, or snow monkey, is familiar to any Netflix subscriber — the animals are featured on programs like “Wild Babies” and “Night on Earth.” A firsthand, up-close encounter with these iconic ...

Before the 1998 Winter Olympics, Nagano wasn’t exactly one of Japan’s tourism hotspots. This sleepy little city, the capital of the prefecture of the same name, was just another small- to medium-sized ...

HAKUBA VALLEY, Japan – Snow crab legs protruded from a steaming bowl of miso soup accompanied by a golden-brown portion of takoyaki, a battered ball stuffed with grilled octopus. What did this ...

Ski in sight of Italy’s Mont Blanc, go from piste to onsen in Niigata and Nagano in Japan, or hit the snow at Quebec’s Club Med in Canada.

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