Japanese cranes spread their wings in Hokkaido Japan's red-crowned cranes, once thought extinct, were rediscovered in Hokkaido a century ago. Conservation efforts have helped the population grow ...

In this episode, we visit Kushiro in the eastern part of Hokkaido Prefecture and meet a woman who is dedicated to the conservation of red-crowned cranes.

Later, we hopped on a small boat for a coastal bear tour and spotted a family of three bears, Japanese cormorants ... mysterious green algae balls, red-crowned cranes, Ainu culture, and geothermal ...