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Enjoy Snow Sports! Hokkaido’s 15 Best Snow Resorts: Access and Features
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A Unique Phenomenon! How to Enjoy Hokkaido’s Drift Ice
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Shikaribetsu Kotan: A Village of Snow and Ice! Activities and Sights
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Coexisting with Nature: Hokkaido’s Upopoy National Ainu Museum and Park
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Hokkaido Outdoor Fun in Akan-Mashu National Park: Hiking, Canoeing, and More!
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Hokkaido’s Lavender Fields: Farm Tomita Highlights, Sweets, and Tips
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Akan-Mashu National Park highlights
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Hong Kong influencers amazed by "SNOWDRIVE"
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U.S. clients enjoy powder snow while cat skiing
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Snowmobiles speed around a golf course in Shibetsu
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Pond-smelt fishing seasons begins on Lake Nukabira
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Curling is hot right now! 200 times more applicants than places available at Sapporo facility
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Niseko ski resorts open for season
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After sudden snowfall, two Sapporo ski resorts finally open
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First full-scale Nemuro Bird Land Festival in 3 years to be held in January and February 2023
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See magnificent eagles from river surface in Ikeda wild bird watching tour
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Lodging, food, and bicycles in Kutchan complex facility
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Fukagawa apples bigger than usual this year
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The soothing ding-dong-dang of a xylophone
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Canoeing down the Teshio River in "Down the Teshi"
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Flower picking in lavender-perfumed Hitsujigaoka
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Hokkaido’s largest-scale cherry farm opens for the season
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Summer slopes begin operating in earnest in Engaru
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Monitor ‘SUP yoga’ activity in Toyoura
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Explore Lake Toya’s ‘Zero Point’ – the remnants of an underwater volcano
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Reporter experiences Lake Toya helicopter cruising
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Skiing from the 2,000-meter summit of Mt. Oputateshike
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Lake Toya circuit tour in open top bus
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Additional deck space at Usuzan Ropeway summit observatory
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Toyoura specialty strawberries are big and juicy
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New rules for the use of Lake Shikotsu include canoeing, SUPs and playing in the water
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Areas that require caution included in revised version of Kushiro River canoeing guidelines
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Porocle cycle sharing service began this year’s operation on April 9
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"Teshio River Canoe Touring Competition" back on July 17 after two-year absence
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Winter Lake Toya all to yourself with a popular canoeing activity
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Cherry blossoms to bloom early this year? Sapporo, Hakodate, Obihiro peak viewing season at end of April
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Cyclists "impressed" with views of Kamishihoro bridge arches from frozen Lake Nukabira
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Expectations are high for beer brewery at Nippon Ham’s new ballpark
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Aurora drift-ice sightseeing & icebreaker ship’s first nighttime cruise
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Thrills on neighborhood slopes as ‘snurfer boards’ gain popularity in Hokkaido
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Thoroughbred ranch touring taxi garners wonderful reviews in Urakawa test run
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"Doing nothing" Utoro-style just watching the sights while drift-ice bathing
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The first ‘Snow Cycle Festival’ amid Biei’s white forest
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Golf + run + bike snow triathlon held for first time in Bibai
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Private sauna with views of the drift ice at Kitakobushi Hotel in Shiretoko
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PR for ice carousel event to be held next winter in Kembuchi
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Lake Kuttari sauna "avanto", Finland Embassy visits
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Iwanai’s first climbing gym opened by Austrian McCloskey and his wife
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‘Drift-ice walk’ to experience floating with the ice floes
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First Asahikawa Snow Duathlon race winners decided
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Garinko-go departs as first day of drift ice is confirmed in Mombetsu
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Niseko International Clinic provides free PCR tests and completely private rooms for outpatients with a fever
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Bibai City Sports Center high-challenge climbing wall is popular
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East Hokkaido Road to Natural Beauty DMO sells passport for buses and activities related to winter tourism in eastern Hokkaido
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Popular cold-weather proof Tsurui campsite, with gear rental options
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Season’s first cross-country ski race in Japan held in Engaru
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Hot-spring footbath digging and dog & campervan accommodation form part of Marukome Onsen’s new plans
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Star shape bursts into light across the ground at the Hakodate Goryokaku Remains
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Peak moth orchid shipping season in Akabira
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Otaru Snow Light Path back after two years, open February 11 to 13 at smaller scale
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Hakodate Christmas Fantasy launch illuminates city
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Sightseeing flight on HAC aircraft to celebrate 30th anniversary of Sapporo Okadama Airport Bldg.
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New Ohta Seiki manufactured wolf walks and threatens
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Twin red pandas displayed at Kushiro Zoo
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Otaru’s Onze becomes first Hokkaido ski area to open
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Sapporo White Illumination begins at Odori Park and 4 other venues
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Model tour promoting tourism with Tokachi horse culture
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Hakodate’s squid-fishing lights visible from the train window as South Hokkaido Railway’s nighttime-view service begins
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Tourism-promoting rooftop sauna demonstration project in downtown Sapporo
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60 drones in Kushiro light show
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Soya demonstrates its potential for cycle tourism as the 5 senses are stimulated by the scenery and sea breezes
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Summer tourism trump card MTB test-ride event in Niseko
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Tokyo artist exhibit at Manabe Garden invites viewers into a different world with mirror film
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Akan Tourism Association hold monitor tour with the aim of introducing a program in which Ainu culture is experienced by means of camping
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First Sapporo "runner's station" facility for city runners to change clothing and shower
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Yuhi Norokko train operates for 3 days from September 27–29
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Lavender train makes Soya debut, will operate until October 29
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October Shiretoko event spotlights focused on experiencing subsistence with nature
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200 riders speed on "mamachari-bicycles" in race at Sarabetsu
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Hokkaido Executive Committee decides to re-bid for ATWS in 2023
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Magical "lake bottom railroad" at Lake Shikaribetsu garners attention
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New Muroran City Shukutsu Park Soccer Field with FIFA standard artificial turf, clubhouse, and night lighting
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Five trailer houses completed on Oketo Katsuyama Onsen Yuu-Yu grounds, will open in October
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Wakkanai Sight-Seeing Association etc. launch "bicycle trip" service
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Riding the sauna boom: User-operated saunas in Noboribetsu and Toyako hot springs
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New campsites keep popping up in Hokkaido, including ski slope and hot spring sites
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Skateboard fever, popularity rocketing in Tokachi after Olympics!
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Hong Kong company starts building 19 vacation homes in Kutchan
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‘Marineping’ begins on Kamome Island in Esashi
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Rikubetsu hands-on driving course adds new 5.7 km route – the longest in Japan
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Consadole Sapporo to run PR hub in Bangkok until end of November
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Japan’s steepest ‘zip line’ opens
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Luxury sightseeing train, ‘The Royal Express’ begins its second year of touring in Hokkaido
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Tokyo Paralympic Games: Canada women’s goalball team holds advance training camp in Sapporo
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Table-tennis tables produced in Ashoro attracting attention at the Olympics! Inquiries increase by 30%
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Nara Yoshitomo’s work exhibited as ‘Ura Otaru Baza-Art’ event opens
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July in Hokkaido saw temperatures rise 2.8 degrees higher than normal, and the lowest precipitation
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Test operation of Tomamu-Furano Bus begins
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First ‘gravel’ cycling event held on forest trails in Niseko
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‘Tofu’ the snowy owl arrives at Maruyama Zoo looking for a mate
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Meto Onsen launches a new outdoor array this autumn: outdoor sauna, mini-pool, and dome tents
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The sound of the nimble Furano Biei Norokko sightseeing train reverberates in the hills
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Kitami ‘Athlete Stays’ opens with aim of becoming Hokkaido’s No. 1 training-camp facility
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Fragrance of wine: Aging barrels become saunas
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Dynamic ‘Garinko’ cruise to observe scallop fishing
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2,500 hydrangeas float on the pond at the Matsumae clan mansion
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2 million sunflowers at opening of festival in Hokuryu
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Polar bears get salmon presents
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Best time to view rice-paddy art in Asahikawa
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Kushiro’s night sky colored by lasers
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Taisetsu Mountain Range "alpine plant path" in full bloom
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Enjoy the amazing nature of Tsurui on a bicycle
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First red-crowned cranes to visit Haboro in two years
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Red-necked phalaropes journey to Arctic Circle
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Olympian joins stone carrying and path maintenance on Mt. Datemonbetsu
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Height of sweet cherry harvest
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Cool violet color of the flax flower
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Nakasatsunai resort Feriendorf to offer hot spring next summer and cottage in autumn
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Enjoy relaxing stay in Rishirifuji, experience pleasures of island life
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Long awaited beer gardens start at commercial facilities in Sapporo
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First flight on Memanbetsu–Kansai route carries 175 passengers
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‘Nature Luminarie’ begins in Jozankei
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Luxurious camping away from urban crowding, Makubetsu Nauman Onsen glamping facilities open
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‘Voyage stamp cards’ sold on Wakkanai-Rishiri/Rebun ferry route
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Hokkaido’s largest-scale summer ski slope opens
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Siberian lilies welcome trains as the peak of flowering approaches at Koshimizu Genseikaen Wild Flower Park
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Otaru Dream Beach, first Hokkaido beach to open
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Recreational fishing season opens on Lake Shikaribetsu endemic species Miyabe char fish
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Fun climbing the famous Kamuiwakka Hot-spring Falls in Shiretoko
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‘Tokapuchi 400’ selected as National Cycle Route
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Goats let loose to graze at winery in Nakafurano
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Awesome vistas before your eyes! Tomamu’s ‘Unkai Terrace’ opens for this season
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Niseko’s Shiribetsu River rafting season
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Gaze at sky in refreshing Asahikawa rooftop sauna
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Harvesting of sweet, refreshing strawberries begins in earnest in Toyoura
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Experience immense runway size firsthand! Hakodate Airport 60 year anniversary event
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Grand opening of ‘Mt. USU Terrace’ at the Lake Toya Observation Deck
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Nakasatsunai Feriendorf reopened on April 26 after refurbishment to make BBQs possible at all facilities
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Map in hand, ski orienteering at Mount Asahidake
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Sightseeing boat crushes ice at Lake Akan
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Former nurse creates dream horse riding club
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"Tokapuchi 400" cycling route nominated as nationally designated bicycle route candidate
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Mini bonfires, usable even inside tents - Sapporo company develops
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Toyama tourism has great potential. Travel industry and farmer partnership. Minami-ku, Sapporo
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Tourism promotion centered around Wakkanai Airport, Monitor tour by Hokkaido Airports and Otaru University of Commerce
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140 kilometer circuit course looping around Sapporo. Immerse yourself in nature and history
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Arial view of pond-smelt fishing on the ice of Lake Shumarinai
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Monitor tour to explore potential for tourism in the Toyama district of Minami-ku, Sapporo
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Piste grooming vehicle rides at Tenguyama Ski resort in Otaru
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Nighttime cross-country at Nakajima Park in Sapporo
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Frost formations bloom in Sounkyo tunnel
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See drift ice scenery online. "On the Rocks Tour" starts in February.
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Don snowshoes and walk across thousand-meter-high snow plain in new Nanae Snowpark tour.
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Towering ice stalagmites, a world of magic
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Pond-smelt fishing season begins at Mikasa’s Lake Katsurazawa in central Hokkaido
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Lake Nukabira ice bubbles
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Experience-oriented tourism summit, Preparations proceeding for Hokkaido hosting, Some voice concerns
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Café opens at summit of Sapporo Kokusai Ski Resort
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Skiers determined not to be beaten by the Coronavirus head for the slopes for the first time this season as Mt. Kurodake opens
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Kayak test run at magnificent Sea of Okhotsk
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Skatepark in Kutchan – opened outside a cafe
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Hokkaido ski resort comprehensive guidelines drafted
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Environment-friendly electric cruise boat launched on the Otaru Canal
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First horse riding club opened in Kyogoku Town
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Outdoor tourism popular in Sea of Okhotsk seaside area
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First Ever Treetop Trekking Facility in Eastern Hokkaido Opened
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Walk on water - on paddleboards
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Photo Studio with Guesthouse Opens
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Bright red cherries-Yummy!
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Diving Season Starts in Shakotan
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Luxurious empty-handed Camping
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French Cuisine While Observing Ski Jump at Okurayama
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Rafting at Shiribetsu River Resumed
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