ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--The sightseeing icebreaker Aurora was filled with excited tourists on Jan. 21 enjoying up-close views of the first drift ice of the season off the coast here. The ice signals ...

How the worst travel day of my career turned outMoscow. May of 1971. I went on to enjoy every day of my eventual career in travel. But I never forgot this worst travel day of... Getting your share ...

ABASHIRI, Hokkaido--Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido) is operating a special train again this year on part of its Senmo Line to allow passengers to view the drift ice in the Sea of Okhotsk.

(Mainichi/Takeshi Honda) KITAMI, Hokkaido -- Some 208 chickens were found dead after a dog attacked them at a poultry farm in Abashiri, Hokkaido, sources close to the case told the Mainichi ...

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Inmates at Abashiri Prison in Hokkaido have already been producing two types of tenugui hand towels — dyed Japanese cotton towels often given as gifts — and seven types of coasters ...

Constructed in the late nineteenth century to house political prisoners, Japan's infamous Abashiri Prison served as the inspiration for a popular and prolific run of yakuza movies released between ...