Plan a winter getaway with our Hokkaido Itinerary to Lake Akan to see wildlife, frost flowers, drift ice, eat ramen and soba, and outdoor adventure activities that are family friendly.
It is often said that Hokkaido is a different “country” all on its own. This northernmost tip of Japan is the country’s second-largest island, which became a full-fledged prefecture only in 1947. While the capital Sapporo may be the most frequented destination, the eastern region of Kushiro abounds in national parks, wildlife, a huge…
Of all the indigenous people of Japan, the Ainu are arguably the most well recognized throughout both the Japanese and international communities, and yet despite that, so little is really known about them. Although once the main population of Japan, the arrival of the migrating Yayoi people around 300 BC…