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08/12/202008/12/2020 - BLOG

津波 - Tsunami - Tidal Wave

A large wave originating in a hypocenter at the ocean floor that surges over the land is called “津波” (tsunami)…

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13/08/202003/12/2020 - BLOG

沼 - Numa - Pond 

The Chinese characters for Kabukuri-numa are “蕪栗沼”. Looking at the individual characters, 蕪 (kabu) is ’turnip’, 栗 (kuri) is ’Japanese…

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24/06/202007/08/2020 - BLOG

Afterglow

Before the reporting trip for the PWW website, it had been almost 10 years since I had last visited Kabukuri-numa…

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10/06/202010/06/2020 - BLOG

The importance of Kushiro-shitsugen (Kushiro marsh)

Kushiro-shitsugen was the first wetland in Japan designated as a Ramsar site when Japan joined the Ramsar Convention in 1980.…

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03/06/202003/06/2020 - BLOG

鶴 – Tsuru – Crane

The Tsurui Village, which is the habitat of Red-crowned Cranes in Hokkaido, is written as “鶴居村” in Japanese. 鶴 (Tsuru)…

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13/04/202003/06/2020 - BLOG

The Otowa Bridge

The Otawa Bridge is mentioned in the Unconquered: Kushiro-shitsugen article as a famous Hokkaido birdwatching spot: If you want to…

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People, Wetlands, Wildlife (PWW) is a project conducted by INTEM Consulting Inc., an environmental consulting firm located in Tokyo, Japan, with support from the Program to Promote Wildlife Tourism of the Ministry of the Environment (MOE), Japan.

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