Normally, sardines migrate around Hokkaido in the summer and head south in the fall, but it is possible that the washed-up fish stayed off the Sea of Okhotsk coast. Still, ...

The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a sliver blanket along a stretch of beach about a 0.6 mile long.

The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a silver blanket along a stretch of beach about a 0.6 mile ...

The sardines and mackerels were found on an over half-mile stretch of beach in Hakodate, Hokkaido on the country's northern main island, according to the Associated Press.

For the second time this week, huge numbers of sardines on Thursday were found washed ashore along the Hokkaido coast. Fisheries officials said tons of sardines -- most dead but some still alive -- ...

A large number of dead sardines were washed ashore for 4 kilometers along the Pacific coast area of Hokkaido, Japan, on Nov. 3, according to Fukushima Dairy.

NOBORIBETSU, Hokkaido -- An upgraded display of about 10,000 sparkling sardines swimming around an illuminated pool at an aquarium in this city in Jap ...

Sardines and mackerels are seen washed up on a beach in Hakodate, Hokkaido, northern Japan Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023. Thousands of tons of dead sardines have washed up on a beach in northern Japan ...

The sardines and some mackerel washed ashore in Hakodate on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Thursday morning, creating a sliver blanket along a stretch of beach about 0.6 mile long.