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Abashiri City, Hokkaido: To the Land of Drift Ice

This week's "journeys in japan," heads 1000 kilometers north of Tokyo to the sea of Okhotsk off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido. From January to March, the area becomes a vast blanket of ice floes. The ice amassing and drifting from Siberia on the currents to Hokkaido are called "drift ice." Our traveler JJ enjoys the wintry splendor of ice floes and other icy pleasures in the area.

English
  • Originally Aired March 8, 2011
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network NHK
  • Created February 3, 2018 by
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