RAUSU, Hokkaido—Salmon are at the peak of their upstream migration in the rivers of the eastern Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido. Salmon spend three to five years feeding and growing in the open ...

Four companies in Hokkaido that operate pleasure boat trips in the spectacular Shiretoko Peninsula, where a tragedy is unfolding, had an agreement to watch each others’ backs in case of foul ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the afternoon on April 23, 2022, the boat sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, leaving 20 passengers and crew members aboard dead and six others missing. In its final ...

Shiretoko Pleasure Cruiser president Katsurada Seiichi apologizes at a media conference in Shari, Hokkaido, on April 27, 2022. He said the captain warned there was a possibility that bad weather ...