Trip

Hokkaidō, Ahead of the Snow

Two weeks driving northeast in October, from the hills above Furano to the last road on the Shiretoko peninsula, staying just in front of the first snow.

8 October 2024 – 21 October 2024 · 4 stories

Rausu, Shiretoko

Shiretoko — 'The End of the Earth'

The Ainu named it, the road gives up halfway along it, and the bears outnumber the people.

19 October 2024

Abashiri, Okhotsk

The Sea That Freezes

In February the drift ice arrives from Siberia. In October it is a very ordinary grey sea keeping a secret.

16 October 2024

Asahidake, Daisetsuzan

First Snow on Asahidake

Hokkaidō's highest mountain, a steaming hillside, and autumn colour with a lid of white on it.

12 October 2024

Furano, Hokkaidō

Furano, After the Lavender

Everyone comes in July for purple fields. In October the same hills are ochre and empty.

9 October 2024