FUN FACT: There are about 5000 Steller’s sea eagles left in the world, and 2000 of them come to Hokkaido each year. Once your day trip is complete, head back to Lake Akan for a relaxing ...

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum ...

Located in south-central Hokkaido, it stretches along the Hidaka Mountains and engulfs forests, watersheds, glacial structures and alpine slopes. Further south lies Lake Toya, a must-see natural ...

because that's when they learn really fast and I feel that they have that for life. 01:30 So I want her to experience as much as she can here in the outdoors of Hokkaido.

Hokkaido Prefecture, with its treasure trove of nature, has a number of campgrounds where adults and children alike can have fun. This episode features a campground on the shores of Lake Shikotsu.