Featured Snapshots: A Visit to Maruyama Zoo
Today’s Featured Snapshots, from regular contributor Zenta Kashimoto, were taken during his recent visit to Maruyama Zoo in Sapporo. See
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Around Town
A cliff-scaling 85-year-old reveals the secret to longevity
The coming of spring in northern Hokkaido is foretold by a steady progression of signs. First the snowpack settles and
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Care to mingle? Sapporo’s FIFO party enters its second year
Danielle Ausems went to her first FIFO party with the simple goal of making new friends and maybe finding a
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Photographer Chris Barnes
Chris Barnes is an Australian photographer currently living in the Niseko area of Hokkaido. Although new to the field of
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Jared Boasen
Jared Boasen, who will write a monthly column for Hokkaido Explorer on life in the north of Hokkaido, talks about his background, his career as a musician, and the sense of community in the tiny mountain town he calls home. This email interview took place in November 2012.
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Blizzards, Ramen and Wisdom
There are poets, myself among them, who at times wax long on the serenity of winter. Certainly for those that
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Sapporo Travel: Mt. Moiwa Ropeway
The gondola leading to the top of Sapporo’s Mt. Moiwa is sometimes thought of as an extension of the city’s
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