Wild sea otters are no longer such a rare sight along the eastern coast of Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost ... At the same time, the town of Hamanaka installed a signboard exhorting tourists ...
He moved to Hokkaido in 1971 and founded “Mutsugoro Animal Kingdom,” his private facility to keep animals, in Hamanaka town. Later ... siblings), received the Japan Essayist Club Award.