We headed into one of the wildest areas of Japans Northern Island, Shiretoko. This “end of the world” peninsula is covered by a blanket of snow, surrounded by Siberian drift ice and is among the highest bear density places in the world.
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Hokkaido, the most Northern island of the Japanese archipelago, sounded like adventure and real winter to us. From some parts of Hokkaido you are almost able to touch Russia and the nature and wildlife here is much more connected to Siberia. The ice cold wind brings a lot of snow for almost 6 months in the year.
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The winters in the north of Japan are long and full of snow. How are people coping with the long and harsh winters? Half way in the season traditional snow festivals pop up all around the north of Japan. And we were lucky enough to encounter a few of them!
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After the great success of last trip, we are excited to introduce our POSTCARD subscription again! Every month we will send you a personal card with a photo by Roderick and a story by Marleen, stamped and sent from a post office around the world. Every month from another location!
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We fell in love with Nozawa Onsen. Besides snowboarding this ancient but alive hot spring town gave us a peak into authentic Japan.
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