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November in Shiretoko
For the past few years i have always managed to squeeze a short trip to the North East of Hokkaido at the end of fall. The green and sunny summer is long gone, vivid autumn colors have faded a month...
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Shiretoko March 2012
As winter comes closer to an end, the ice pack that engulfs most of the sea of Okhotsk reaches its southernmost limit and comes licking the north-east coast of Hokkaido, and in cold years like this...
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Tohoku – July 2012
From June 27th to July 3rd 2012 i made a short birdwatching trip to Northern Japan, visiting 4 locations 6 days. Tohoku, the northernmost part of the main Japanese island Honshu, seems completely off...
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Winter Ballade in Hokkaido
On February 27th i set off for Hokkaido, an almost routine trip that i managed to do every winter since 2005. My preferred way of going there is driving my car from Tokyo to the harbor of Ooarai in...
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Okinawa Blitz
March 19th to 21st, i arranged at short notice a quick trip to Yanbaru, the northern area of Okinawa island, famed for its subtropical forest and the associated endemic wildlife. For a birdwatcher, 3...
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Miyakejima
Less than 200km from Tokyo but a world apart lies the volcanic island of Miyakejima, a dot in the pacific ocean. To get there one has the choice of a daily flight or a daily ferry service, departing...
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