For nearly 600 years, priests at Yatsurugi Shrine, such as Kiyoshi Miyasaka (pictured), have observed ice cover on Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture, diligently recording it by hand, representing one ...

A glistening white road upon a frozen lake surface in central Nagano Prefecture is where the gods walk. Across Lake Suwa, a natural phenomenon referred to as “The Gods’ Crossing” appears in winter ...

Bulgaria's Ekaterina Dafovska finished fifth at the February 11th biathlon women 15 kilometers competition during the Winter Olympics Games in Salt Lake City ... during the Nagano Winter Olympic ...