Fishy bid to lure more skaters prompts Kitakyushu rink to cut bait
A barrage of online criticism prompted the an amusement park in Kitakyushu to close a skating rink Sunday where about 5,000 dead fish had been frozen into the ice — a design the operator originally believed would lure more skaters to visit. Instead, the Space ...
Fukushima skating rink to reopen in anticipation of residents' return
A well-known skating rink in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture, that closed after the triple core meltdown at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant in 2011 will reopen in January, giving a shot in the arm to the disaster-stricken area. The open-air rink in the Yamakiya district ...
Olympic speedskater Shirahata coaches kids at Kushiro school rink
Most school playgrounds in Kushiro, Hokkaido, have been turned into ice skating rinks this week as elementary schools began the new term Monday. Kushiro, which has severely cold winters but relatively light snowfalls, is known as the "City of Ice" and has produced several Olympic-class ...
