Bear! Daisetsuzan National Park

We watched for it ages through the binoculars till it vanished down the icy crack.

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January 3rd 2021
I’d always wanted to see a bear in the wild. I’ve been very fortunate in seeing many other big wild beasts around the world, a tiger in India, gorillas in Uganda, lions, elephants, leopards, hippos, giraffes, rhinos etc around Africa, and some big underwater stuff like whales, whalesharks and manta rays, but I hadn’t seen a bear. Until Hokkaido where we saw three! Our contracts at Kyushu ... read more

Asia » Japan » Hokkaido

In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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