Drop your bags at your hotel, the Akan Yuku no Sato Tsuruga (check in ... the local wildlife, and the Marimo Algae that can only be found in this area in the shape of perfect spheres.

KUSHIRO, Hokkaido—“Marimo” moss balls, the fuzzy green spheres that have brought fame to Lake Akanko here, are shrinking because of global warming, a research group found. The maximum ...