A view from the hotel room, perhaps not remarkable, but everyday life in a northern town, as it is.

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Now you can see just how big that crab claw statue is.

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From the deck of the sightseeing icebreaker Garinko Go in the Sea of Okhotsk, there are no vast fields of drifting sea ice today, only small rounds of pancake ice, said by some to look like lotus leaves on a winter sea.

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Frozen water, lifted ships, #Mombetsu Port in winter

The monument along a snow-covered path

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I visited Okhotsk Tower again this year, an observation tower in the Sea of Okhotsk, ice-covered in winter, with a small aquarium and café inside.

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February in #Mombetsu, for the third time, and once again this year I meet this iconic giant crab claw. I really should stand beside it for scale, but for now it is just the claw and me, with no one around to take our photo.

Revolutionizing School Sports: The Mombetsu Model for Activity Integration The launch of the Mombetsu Model aims to revitalize school sports by integrating three schools in Hokkaido, paving the way for sustainable activities.

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Mombetsu City and G-MODE Collaborate to Bring Unique Acrylic Dioramas from Okhotsuk Game A special collaboration between Mombetsu City and G-MODE introduces themed acrylic dioramas from the game 'Okhotsuk ni Shiyuu'. Available from August 4.

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After a three-hour drive, #Mombetsu welcomed me back, with its iconic giant crab claw still standing tall, just as it was a year ago.