Kimun Kamuy "Bear" - A Life of Radiance: Nobuyasu Sawatani, Shiretoko, a World Natural Heritage Site

Life Shines: Kimun Kamuy "Brown Bear"
Shiretoko, a World Natural Heritage Site
Nobuyasu Sawatani

The cover has some edge wear and scratches, and there is one corner fold on the fold-in part.
There is no noticeable damage inside the pages.

I have examined it carefully, but I apologize if I have overlooked anything.

This is a used book, so please consider this before purchasing.

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From ancient times, through the ages, Shiretoko mountain range, still enveloped in a primeval forest that allows you to feel the breath of the primitive, juts out into the Sea of Okhotsk in Hokkaido, is the Shiretoko Peninsula.
The indigenous Ainu people named this place "Sirietoku" (the end of the earth). This small peninsula, which is 710 square kilometers in size, 70 kilometers long, and about 25 kilometers wide, compared to Japan's total area of 378,000 square kilometers, was designated as Shiretoko National Park in 1964 and a World Natural Heritage Site in July 2005.
Drift ice drifts into the sea of Shiretoko, and whales and killer whales migrate there. Salmon and pink salmon return and ascend the rivers. In the deep primeval forest, Steller's sea eagles, Blakiston's fish owls, and various small birds, and mammals such as brown bears, Ezo deer, and red foxes, and a wide variety of creatures inhabit the area, creating a unique ecosystem of Shiretoko.
At the top of this ecosystem is the Ezo brown bear, the largest carnivore in Japan. The Ainu people revered the Ezo brown bear as Kimun Kamuy (the god of the mountains). When the drift ice that fills the Shiretoko Peninsula begins to move with the southerly wind, signaling the end of the ice season, the brown bears awaken and the drama of life begins.

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