With a captivating expanse of rugged hiking trails through mountains, fields, forests, lakes, and lowlands, Hokkaido has long been the place to go for unspoiled nature. Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu ...

A ride through Hokkaido in early summer. We meet an artisan teaching handicrafts of the indigenous Ainu to the next ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Two extremely rare all-white killer ... But this summer, participants of a nature tour have not only seen dozens of the apex predators but also white killer whales.

KAMI-SHIHORO, Hokkaido—The ethereal Taushubetsugawa ... According to the Higashitaisetsu Nature Guide Center, which conducts guided tours to the bridge almost every day, parts of the bridge ...

In a large project with the city of Iwamizawa in Hokkaido, for example, locally tailored health advice was able to almost halve the number of underweight births between 2014 and 2019. That project ...

Restaurateurs and staff from around the world visit a winery in Yoichi, Hokkaido, in November. The town of Yoichi in the western part of Hokkaido is best known for its apple orchards and whisky ...