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From April, killer whales, minke whales and Dall's porpoises start to appear around the Nemuro Straits. Shiretoko's drift ice and mountains are home to some of Japan's most notable wildlife, including killer whales, brown bears, eagles and spotted seals.
Shiretoko National Park (知床国立公園, Shiretoko Kokuritsu Kōen) covers most of the Shiretoko Peninsula at the northeastern tip of the island of Hokkaidō, Japan.
Shiretoko National Park (知床国立公園, Shiretoko Kokuritsu Kōen), located on the Shiretoko Peninsula in eastern Hokkaido, is one of Japan's most beautiful and unspoiled national parks.
Shiretoko is one of Japan’s most pristine national parks. Its wild expanses are home to 36 land and 22 marine mammal species as well as 285 bird species, including brown bears, Blakiston’s fish owls and orcas.
Located at the tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula, Cape Shiretoko consists of vast grasslands that face the Sea of Okhotsk. The area offers tour boat trips allowing visitors to enjoy views from the sea.
Shiretoko National Park is characterized by the rugged grand landscape formed by volcanic activities and drift ice as well as abundant wildlife. In particular, large mammals such as brown bears and killer whales as well as a number of large endangered raptors inhabit the park.
Shiretoko National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site set in the magnificent mountains and steep cliffs of the northern tip of the Shiretoko Peninsula.
With the Nemuro Strait to the east and the Sea of Okhotsk to the west, the Shiretoko Peninsula offers completely different scenery on its east and west, as well as along its beaches and in its mountains, even on the same day. Here is a glimpse of the Shiretoko Peninsula showing its diverse charms on one summer day.
World Heritage Shiretoko National Park is home to the largest concentrations of brown bears in the world. Over 300 and counting, these animals live on a peninsula that runs 70 kilometers long (43.5 miles) and 26 kilometers (15 Miles) at its widest.
Shiretoko National Park (知床国立公園 Shiretoko-kokuritsukōen) covers the entirety of the Shiretoko Peninsula (知床半島 Shiretoko-hantō ), a remote northeastern corner of the Japanese island of Hokkaido. In 2005, the park was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
