The sea of Shakotan Peninsula, which juts out into the Japan Sea in western Hokkaido, is a vivid blue in summer when the waves are quiet. The color, called "Shakotan Blue," changes according to ...

a tributary of the Shubuto River flowing through the town of Kuromatsunai in southwestern Hokkaido. Farmers began noticing a significant drop in water levels around the summer of 2023. The river ...

A ride through Hokkaido Prefecture in early summer. We meet an artisan teaching handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu to the next generation, and a legendary trainer of an unusual horse race.

In Hokkaido, high seawater temperatures have also apparently changed the appearance of kelp. Since summer, a thread-like organism called Hydrozoa has been increasingly found on the surface of kelp.

It surpassed the 2,700 hectares burnt by a 1975 fire on Hokkaido island. Wet weather that began on Wednesday following a record dry period helped firefighting efforts. Japan endured its hottest summer ...

There is trouble on the horizon in the northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, where poor fishing conditions triggered by global ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Two extremely rare all-white killer ... In ordinary years with the arrival of summer, sperm whales have replaced orca pods among cetacean species seen in the Nemuro Strait ...