Red Fox at Hokkaido

Hokkaido's subarctic landscape of volcanic peaks, primeval forest and coastal wetland gives the Red Fox a striking backdrop through the crane grounds of Tsurui-mura and the drift-ice coast around Rausu in the island's east. February visits on the Amazing Japanese Wildlife in Winter holiday place photographers right across this Shiretoko and Akan-Mashu National Parks itinerary, where the fox can be found amid the same terrain favoured by the region's Red-crowned Cranes. The stark winter setting, all snow-blanketed forest and volcanic contours, offers a naturally atmospheric stage for capturing this species against Japan's northernmost wilderness. Patience across the itinerary's varied grounds is rewarded with sightings against one of Hokkaido's most distinctive seasonal landscapes.