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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Photo taken on June 30, 2025, shows shrimp caught in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, earlier in the day. The season of traditional shrimp fishing using a sailing boat began the same day.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailing boats fish for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailing boats fish for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Shrimp fishing in northern Japan

A sailing boat fishes for shrimp in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, in the early morning of June 30, 2025, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Boats for traditional Hokkai shrimp fishing sail in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, on June 26, 2024, the first day of the shrimp fishing season.

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Fisherman sorts Hokkai shrimp in Bekkai

BEKKAI, Japan - Yukio Toyoda, a fisherman in Bekkai, Hokkaido, sorts Hokkai shrimp at Notsuke Bay on June 19. 2014.

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Hokkai shrimp in Bekkai, Hokkaido

BEKKAI, Japan - Hokkai shrimp from Notsuke Bay in Bekkai Town, Hokkaido, are seen in a photo taken June 19, 2014.

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Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

BEKKAI, Japan - Fishermen in Bekkai, Hokkaido, trawl for Hokkai shrimp in Notsuke Bay on June 19, 2014.

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Summer shrimp fishing starts in Hokkaido

Fishing boats sail in Notsuke Bay in Japan's northernmost island prefecture of Hokkaido on June 20, 2016, with the summer fishing of shrimp starting there. A local fisheries cooperative expects around 20 tons to be landed through the end of the fishing season on July 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fishing boats in work to catch shrimp off eastern Hokkaido

Shrimp-fishing boats sail in Notsuke Bay off Bekkai on the eastern tip of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 19, 2015. The boats have no engines to protect eelgrass beds for "Hokkai shrimp," a seasonal local specialty. The shallow bay and the Notsuke Peninsula, known for having the largest sand spit in Japan, are registered under the Ramsar Convention protecting wetlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fisherman sorts out shrimp aboard boat off eastern Hokkaido

A fisherman sorts out "Hokkai shrimp," a seasonal local delicacy, aboard his boat in Notsuke Bay off Bekkai on the eastern tip of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 19, 2015. The shallow bay and the Notsuke Peninsula, known for having the largest sand spit in Japan, are registered under the Ramsar Convention protecting wetlands. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokkai shrimp in Bekkai, Hokkaido

BEKKAI, Japan - Hokkai shrimp from Notsuke Bay in Bekkai Town, Hokkaido, are seen in a photo taken June 19, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Fishermen in Bekkai fish for Hokkai shrimp

BEKKAI, Japan - Fishermen in Bekkai, Hokkaido, trawl for Hokkai shrimp in Notsuke Bay on June 19, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

A fisherman sorts out Hokkai shrimps aboard a sailboat in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as the fishing season for the shrimp starts on June 30, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional shrimp fishing in northern Japan

Sailboats for traditional Hokkai shrimp fishing sail in Notsuke Bay off Betsukai in Hokkaido, northern Japan, as the fishing season for the shrimp starts on June 30, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido

Photo taken Jan. 30, 2019, from a Kyodo News airplane shows Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido. Seen in the center is Kunashiri, below which is the Notsuke peninsula of Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo