After driving to the most northerly point of Japanese mainland - we board a ferry to take us the japan's most northerly island of Hokkaido. Known as the wilderness island & home to the Ezo Bear.

This time, a Canadian living in Hokkaido Prefecture traverses the Shiretoko ... The grueling climbing route through the wilderness provides him with encounters with rare plants and wildlife.

SAPPORO--Increased sightings of brown bears in Hokkaido in winter suggest the animals are awakening earlier from hibernation or not hibernating at all, putting forestry workers in wilderness areas ...