At the northeastern tip of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, is one of the country's most pristine and underrated national parks: Shiretoko National Park. Designated as a UNESCO World ...

Among them is Rausu on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, Japan. If you are here at the right time, you might just be able to see the killer whales migrating. For N. Hayakawa, the impressive ...

However, the number of salmon in Japan has sharply declined in recent ... “Salmon swimming upstream is a symbol of the arrival of autumn in Shiretoko,” said Katsunori Seki, an underwater ...

More than two years after the deadly sinking of a tour boat off the coast of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard arrested ... Kazu I at his tourism company, Shiretoko Pleasure Boat.

The Shiretoko Peninsula, located in eastern Hokkaido Prefecture, juts into the Sea of Okhotsk. Its center is lined by 1,500-meter peaks. The heavily forested area is home to a diverse group of ...

And then, camera in hand, Skerry dives between the ice floes into the waters of the Sea of Okhotsk, bordering the Shiretoko Peninsula. Most people think of Japan as a compact collection of large ...

According to NHK Japan, the men were not injured. As for what might have caused the bear to attack, Masami Yamanaka, a special researcher at the Shiretoko Nature Foundation, explained to The ...

What a frightening way to die." Japan Coast Guard officials have revealed Shiretoko Pleasure Cruiser was involved in two accidents last year – one of which was the incident in June over which ...