In summer, more than 80 species of butterfly and bumblebees collect nectar from the abundant flowers of this highland cone-shaped basin with its diverse environments of grassland, woodland and marsh.
In summer, more than 80 species of butterfly and bumblebees collect nectar from the abundant flowers of this highland cone-shaped basin with its diverse environments of grassland, woodland and marsh.
Despite devastation of their habitat by the 2011 tsunami, three-spined male sticklebacks continue to build nests in cool spring-fed water to attract females.
Despite devastation of their habitat by the 2011 tsunami, three-spined male sticklebacks continue to build nests in cool spring-fed water to attract females.
An island filled with extraordinary sights and sounds: rare thrushes singing, woodpeckers drilling holes, endemic jays building their nests early, and tiger butterflies huddled to keep warm.
An island filled with extraordinary sights and sounds: rare thrushes singing, woodpeckers drilling holes, endemic jays building their nests early, and tiger butterflies huddled to keep warm.
The severe winter conditions on mountain Tomuraushi (2,141m) include powerful winds, white blizzards, and massive lumps of ice. Despite all this, nutcrackers choose to live here.
The severe winter conditions on mountain Tomuraushi (2,141m) include powerful winds, white blizzards, and massive lumps of ice. Despite all this, nutcrackers choose to live here.
Northern Hokkaido is a vast snowfield in winter with scant food for animals. Northern red foxes live here, and white-tailed sea eagles fish in the waves.
Northern Hokkaido is a vast snowfield in winter with scant food for animals. Northern red foxes live here, and white-tailed sea eagles fish in the waves.
Migratory birds visit wetland areas of the Sarobetsu Plain in spring, but danger comes in the form of massive white-tailed sea eagles anxious to feed their chicks.
Migratory birds visit wetland areas of the Sarobetsu Plain in spring, but danger comes in the form of massive white-tailed sea eagles anxious to feed their chicks.
The grassy areas, woods and marshland of the 8-kilometer-long sandbars on the Nemuro Peninsula. Pink roses, bees, butterflies and migrant birds live here in summer.
The grassy areas, woods and marshland of the 8-kilometer-long sandbars on the Nemuro Peninsula. Pink roses, bees, butterflies and migrant birds live here in summer.
