{"id":901363,"date":"2026-02-15T23:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/901363\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T23:00:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T23:00:30","slug":"japan-walking-tour-in-otaru-hokkaido-herring-spawning-kuki-whiteout-morning-by-the-sea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/901363\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Walking Tour in Otaru, Hokkaido  | Herring Spawning \u201cKuki\u201d \u2013 Whiteout Morning by the Sea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Japan Walking Tour in Otaru, Hokkaido  | Herring Spawning \u201cKuki\u201d \u2013 Whiteout Morning by the Sea\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/V8XoOkDCuGw\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nJapan Walking Tour in Otaru, Hokkaido  | Herring Spawning \u201cKuki\u201d \u2013 Whiteout Morning by the Sea<\/p>\n<p>Filmed on: January 31, 2026<\/p>\n<p>The day before this walk, the rare herring spawning phenomenon called \u201cKuki\u201d was reported in Shukutsu, Otaru.<\/p>\n<p>In spring, massive schools of herring gather to spawn,<br \/>\nturning the sea milky white.<\/p>\n<p>I rushed there early in the morning \u2014<br \/>\nbut instead of a white sea,<br \/>\nI was met with a complete whiteout.<\/p>\n<p>Nothing was visible.<\/p>\n<p>Later, I revisited on February 14.<br \/>\nThis time, no milky sea \u2014<br \/>\nonly a calm and beautiful blue ocean.<\/p>\n<p>Seen or unseen,<br \/>\nthis is winter in Otaru.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about \u201cKuki\u201d here:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/otaru.gr.jp\/tourist\/2026-1-30syukutunokuki<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udccdLocation: Shukutsu, Otaru, Hokkaido, Japan<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/DQB8YhrvE7MyHbaF6?g_st=ic<\/p>\n<p>#SoundsOfOtaru #Otaru #Hokkaido #Japan #NatureSounds #ASMR\ufffc<br \/>\n#Shukutsu #SeaOfJapan #WinterJapan #Snowstorm #Blizzard #Whiteout<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan Walking Tour in Otaru, Hokkaido | Herring Spawning \u201cKuki\u201d \u2013 Whiteout Morning by the Sea Filmed on: Janua<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[260741,2139,88942,699,32,295845,706,83129,283074,257208,430507,256563,771,443,677,144445,144483],"class_list":{"0":"post-901363","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hokkaido-region","8":"tag-whiteout","9":"tag-asmr","10":"tag-blizzard","11":"tag-hokkaido","12":"tag-japan","13":"tag-naturesounds","14":"tag-otaru","15":"tag-seaofjapan","16":"tag-shukutsu","17":"tag-snowstorm","18":"tag-soundsofotaru","19":"tag-winterjapan","20":"tag-771","21":"tag-443","22":"tag-677","23":"tag-144445","24":"tag-144483"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}