Journeys in Japan
tv show
526 total episodes
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16 seasons
First Aired February 02, 2010
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Overview
Journeys in Japan provides an eye-opening look at the many unique places to visit in Japan. English-speaking visitors travel the length of the country, exploring the culture, meeting the local people, visiting historic sites and offering travel hints rarely found in guidebooks.
Abashiri City, Hokkaido: To the Land of Drift Ice
Season 2 - Episode 8 - 0h 28m
Air Date
March 08, 2011
Overview
This week's Journeys in Japan, heads 1000 kilometers north of Tokyo to the sea of Okhotsk off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido. From January to March, the area becomes a vast blanket of ice floes. The ice amassing and drifting from Siberia on the currents to Hokkaido are called "drift ice." Our traveler, JJ, enjoys the wintry splendor of ice floes and other icy pleasures in the area.
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