The yearly drift ice spectacle upon the Sea of Okhotsk was first observed from shore on Feb. 15 as slabs of ice neared the ...

Pink salmon hatched in rivers in Hokkaido spend a whole winter in the sea before returning to the streams between August and October to lay eggs. A river in Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula ...

Enter Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan’s main ... Declared a World Heritage Site in 2005, Shiretoko National Park is a true natural gem. You’ll need to block off a few days to get there ...

The air craft then changed course in an area northwest off Cape Shiretoko, located on the northeast tip of the main island of Hokkaido, to fly northwest over La Perouse Strait and subsequently ...

More than 800km from Tokyo, the northernmost of Japan's main islands, Hokkaido, is already firmly ... head further north to the Shiretoko National Park, a Unesco Natural World Heritage site ...

See the official website for details. Shiretoko Nature Cruise 知床ネイチャークルーズ Address 27-1 Honcho, Rausu, Menashi District, Hokkaido 086-1833 Nearest Station Access: 1) About 1.5 hours by car from ...

Shiretoko is an indigenous Ainu word that means the end of the earth. It’s a fitting description for this peninsula that stretches from the island of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost, some 70 kilometers ...

Otaru Canal, a popular tourist attraction, is seen in Otaru, Hokkaido, on Jan. 26, 2025. (Mainichi/Haruka Ito) OTARU, Hokkaido -- This northern Japanese city implemented new measures on Jan. 28 to ...

A powerful low-pressure system is unleashing record-breaking snowfall along Hokkaido’s Pacific coast, with the city of Obihiro accumulating more than 1 meter of snow in just 12 hours through ...