GALLERY: Bundle up for this winter's snow, illumination in Japan

With just about a month left in 2017, Japan is gearing up for the winter season as snow begins to cover its northern regions and seasonal illumination lights up scenic spots across the country.Mt. Fuji got its first full snowcap of the season in late October.Meanwhile, in western Japan's Himeji, an illumination show was held in early November at Himeji Castle, a national treasure and World Heritage site, during which LED balloons were released from a square outside it.By mid November, the city of Sapporo in northern Japan's Hokkaido was already glistening under a blanket of snow.The snow-cl…READ FULL ARTICLE