23, nine days earlier than last winter. Kobe and Nara cities also experienced their first snow of this season on the night of Dec. 22. The Kanazawa local meteorological observatory in Ishikawa ...

KANAZAWA--Snow began falling in Ishikawa Prefecture on Jan. 7, a development expected to further hamper efforts to find survivors and deliver relief goods nearly a week after the powerful ...

Perched on the edge of the Sea of Japan, the city of Kanazawa is famed for its seafood and sushi. A morning stroll in the market offers fleshy snow crabs, rock oysters and a host of other delicacies.