In September, when the season’s salmon fishing began in Hokkaido, the Dainana Kyoshinmaru pulled up several two-meter-long sunfish in its fixed nets off the coast of Kushiro. Typically ...

RAUSU, Hokkaido—Set net fishing for salmon, where nets are dropped along migrating fish routes, is at its seasonal peak off the Shiretoko Peninsula on the eastern point of Japan’s northernmost ...

On April 3, nine drift-net fishing boats set out simultaneously for offshore salmon and trout fishing from the port at Habomai in Nemuro, Hokkaido. This year, the start of the fishing season was ...

HAKODATE, Hokkaido (Japan News/ANN): Thousands of sardines and mackerels washed up ashore near Toi fishing port in Hakodate, Hokkaido, confirmed a city official on the morning of Dec 7.

Our stage this time is the Tokachi Plain in the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture. We enjoy fishing in a tributary that flows into the Tokachi River in early spring. The river, which runs ...

In Japan’s northernmost island, the century-old technique of ice fishing remains virtually unchanged ... This paid content article was created for Hokkaido District Transport Bureau.