Dogtooth violets make for a spectacular purple floor at Otokoyama Nature Park in Asahikawa City, central Hokkaido. The area offers scenic views of the Ishikari River and surrounding mountains.

A group of 30 Ezo deer flee through a cold lowland in eastern Hokkaido. A frozen creek separates them from open farmland and the hope of escape. They hop between tall patches of long-dead weeds ...