When I arrived in Hokkaido, I flew into Kushiro, which is located near Kushiroshitsugen National Park. One of the biggest draws in this area is the red-crowned cranes ( Grus japonensis ).

Japan’s northernmost, ... the local population has now rebounded to over 1,000 — most can be spotted in the wetlands of Kushiro Shitsugen National Park, in eastern Hokkaido.

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Torii gates at the entrance to Akan-Mashu National Park on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of Japan. The area has long been home to a concentrated population of Indigenous people, the Ainu.

Japan’s largest national park sprawls across 2300 square kilometres, and though 16 of its peaks rise above 2000m, the high latitude here means a comparable height on the mainland would be 3000m.