Visitors to the Otaru Aquarium in Hokkaido are delighting in the enchanting Penguin Parade, one of the facility's most beloved attractions. The parade features two lively rounds each day, offering ...

OTARU, Hokkaido--In an apparent "rebellion" at an aquarium here, penguins on a diving platform ignored the instructions of a keeper, who motioned to them to jump into water. They also refused to ...

The male sea lion Monkichi prepares to gulp down a whole salmon at a special show at Otaru Aquarium in the city of Otaru, Hokkaido, on Oct. 19, 2018.

Otaru, which has a population of about 100,000 people, recorded 98,678 overnight international visitors last year, the highest number on record.

Japan's oldest harbor seal has died in Hokkaido at the estimated age of 46, or over 100 years old in human terms, the operator of Otaru Aquarium said Monday.

The Hokkaido port of Otaru is less than an hour by train from downtown Sapporo. Same neighborhood, different world. Sapporo is big and growing. Otaru is small and shrinking. The future, no doubt ...