Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods

Natural World Season 18 Episode 2

Overview:
A look at the unique wildlife of Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost island, and the island's few remaining members of the ancient Ainu race, who see all animals as sacred.

Swept by winds from the high Arctic, Hokkaido is an island of towering volcanos and fairytale forests, where cranes perform dances in the snow, brown bears plunge for salmon in rivers and eagles plunder the spoils from winter fishing fleets.

The unique wildlife of Hokkaido has long been worshipped by an ancient race of hunter-gatherers, called Ainu, a few of whom still survive among modern Japanese. Even today, they honour the natural world around them through ritualised dance and prayer.

Genre : Documentary

Actors : -

Release Date : 1999-10-10

Duration : 60 menit

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1. Riddle of the Right Whale
Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods
2. Hokkaido: Garden of the Gods
Elephants of the Sand River
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In the Company of Bears
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The Millennium Oak
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The Temple Troop
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Wild Indonesia: Island Castaways
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Wild Indonesia: Underwater Worlds
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Wild Indonesia: Magical Forests
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The Wolf's Return
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Monkey Warriors
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Dangerous Australians
13. Dangerous Australians
The Crater: Africa's Predator Paradise
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Salmon: The Silver Tide
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