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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The suit filed at the Sapporo District Court on Aug. 17 calls on the central and the Hokkaido prefectural government to restore rights to fishing for salmon in a local river for commercial purposes.

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.