WHAT'S NEW?

NEW – 2024 Drift Ice Information

Hokkaido Trivia – Urban Brown Bears in Hokkaido

Flowers in the Area

Hokkaido Trivia – Best Hairy Crabs in Season!

Participate in the Abashiri Marathon!

Join the Stamp Rally and Win a Crab!

Hokkaido Trivia – Have You Already Downloaded Uni-Voice?

Regulation Changes at Kamuiwakka Hot Falls in Shiretoko

Hokkaido Trivia – Sugar Beets

Hokkaido’s Sakura Forecast

Hokkaido Trivia – Ways to Enjoy Soba

Hokkaido Trivia – Our Soft-serve Ice Creams

Ski Course in Abashiri Closes on March 17th

Hokkaido Trivia – How the Beer Industry Started in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – What Can Be the Reasons for the Decreasing Number of Wild Birds?

The next Hokkaido Trivia will be posted on March 5th ☺

Hokkaido Trivia – What Makes the Drift Ice in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – Words Related to the Drift Ice

2023 Drift Ice Festival and Okhotsk Food Stall Event

Hokkaido Trivia – Winter Animals That You Can See in Hokkaido

Drift Ice Finally Shows Up in Abashiri

Ice Fishing Closes on February 12

Hokkaido Trivia – First Day of the Drift Ice

Extremely Cold Front Expected Tomorrow Wednesday January 25

Lake View Ski Course in Abashiri Opens on January 26

Hokkaido Trivia – Back to School

Glimpse From the Newly Opened Drift Ice Museum

First Sight of This Season’s Drift Ice

Hokkaido Trivia – Which Side Has More Snow?

Whereabouts of 2023 Drift Ice

Hokkaido Trivia – New Year’s in Hokkaido

Ice Fishing at Lake Abashiri Starts January 7 (Sat)!!

Drift Ice Museum Reopens w/New Exhibits on January 20, 2023

Ice Fishing at Lake Abashiri Postponed

Happy Holidays! The next Hokkaido Trivia will be posted on January 8.

Hokkaido Trivia – Driving in Hokkaido in Winter

Hokkaido Trivia – Smelt Ice Fishing in Abashiri

2023 Drift Ice Festival

Hokkaido Trivia – The Kerosene Stove

Hokkaido Trivia – Hokkaido Alarmed by the “Blessings” from the Ocean

Hokkaido Trivia – Nearby Nature: Eurasian Red Squirrel

Hokkaido Trivia – 2022-2023 Winter in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – What Makes Hokkaido “Unique”？

Hokkaido Trivia – Gift for Leah, Ainu Carving

Hokkaido Trivia – Where Can I Buy My Onigiri in Hokkaido？？

Hokkaido Trivia – Shelters for Endangered Species

Hokkaido Trivia – 2022 First Snow Fall in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – Which National Park Should I Visit?

Hokkaido Trivia – Onsen Paradise

JAPAN LIFTS RESTRICTIONS TO FOREIGN TOURISTS FROM OCT 11

Hokkaido Trivia – Come Back, Salmon!

Government Might Further Lift Restrictions

Hokkaido Trivia – The Largest Birds of Prey in Japan

Hokkaido Trivia – Change in Weather from Summer to Autumn

Amended Guidelines for International Tourists to Japan

GOVERNMENT RELAXES RESTRICTIONS on Foreign Visitors

Hokkaido Trivia – The Story Behind a Japanese Food, Genghis Khan

Hokkaido Trivia – Hokkaidoites Have Sweet Tooth?

Hokkaido Trivia – Gateways to Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – Flowers in Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – Ainu People and Kamuy

Hokkaido Trivia – How True Is “Hokkaido Has a Short Human History”?

Hokkaido Trivia – Wildlife Needs Social Distancing, Too

Hokkaido Trivia – Where Did the Cherries Come From?

Hokkaido Trivia – Green Fields of Hokkaido

Hokkaido Trivia – Hokkaido’s Prefectural Tree and Bonsai

Hokkaido Trivia – Golden Kamuy

Hokkaido Trivia – Hokkaido Mountains

Hokkaido Trivia – Modern Hokkaido Owes To the Prisoners

Hokkaido Trivia – Volcanic Landscapes In Eastern Hokkaido

Japan Will Be Opening To Foreign Tourists On June 10!

Hokkaido Trivia – Plum and Sakura Meet In Hokkaido

Japan Will Be Opening Borders To Tourists…?

Hokkaido Trivia – How Cold Is Hokkaido?

Hokkaido Trivia – Where is Hokkaido and Abashiri???

Hokkaido Trivia

GO TO Campaign Coupons

Hiking Season at Mt. Mokoto in Abashiri

日本語の Twitter 始めました – We Started Twitter in Japanese

Summer Events – Cancellations

Spring Update: COVID19 and Activity in the Woods

Sakura Starts Blooming in Abashiri

Bento Lunch Box – Nice Custom to Keep

It’s the Time to be Thankful

The Flowers That Bring Happiness

Abashiri Updates

Good Days Will Return….

Strong Wind and Snow – the Bad Side & the Good Side :)

Public Facilities Closed Due to Covid-19

Northern People’s Museum Closed till March 16

The Drift Ice is at the Shores of Abashiri!!

Drift Ice is Here!

Where’s the Drift Ice Now??

Special Trains from Abashiri to Shari Running in February

Warning to Drivers: Heavy Snow Expected Today to Tomorrow

Many Ways to Enjoy the Drift Ice!

The Drift Ice Is Coming!

Okhotsk Outdoor Food Stall

2020 Drift Ice Festival – Changes

Introducing Our Winter Programs 3 – Study Tour on Commercial Smelt Fishing

Introducing Our Winter Programs 2 – Snowshoe Nature Walk

Introducing Our Winter Programs 1 – Smelt Ice Fishing

NHK Program on Abashiri and the History of Hokkaido

For Those Renting a Car

“Abashiri Bar” – Bar-hopping in Abashiri

Outlet Event at Ryuhyo Glass Studio

Last Flowers to Enjoy This Year

Cosmos Flowers in Bloom

Summer Illumination and Genghis Khan BBQ, Hokkaido’s Soul Food

Summer BBQ Event and…Fireworks!

Beginning of Eat-All-You-Can Fruits Picking Season

Kurin-so Festival (Japanese Primrose Festival)

Hiking Season Starts at Mt. Mokoto

Catch-the-Crab!!

Happy Spring Day! Clam Hunting!

Sakura Blvd at the Prison

Flower Season! – SAKURA

Okhotsk Sea To Summit 2019 – June 22 to 23

Whale Watching in Abashiri

Our Tours Taken Up By Local Newspaper

Flower Season! – MOSS PHLOX

Flower Season Starts! – SKUNK CABBAGE

First Crab of the Season

Okhotsk Abashiri Marathon English Registration Page

Sakura Schedule for Hokkaido Released!

Okhotsk Abashiri Marathon Registration Starts Soon!

Drift Ice Cruiser Aurora (till April 3)

Wakasagi Fishing at Lake Abashiri (till mid March)

Snow Slider (till March 3)

54th Annual Abashiri Drift Ice Festival (February 9-11)

Okhotsk Food Stall (February 8-10)

Abashiri Hokkaido What-to-do Where-to-go Goes Live Today!