Journeys in Japan Season 2 Episode 8 Abashiri City, Hokkaido: To the Land of Drift Ice 2011
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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.
- Released: 2011-03-08
- Runtime: 28 minutes
- Genre: Documentary
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