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An incredibly rare sighting of Orca in the tropical waters of Kume Island, Okinawa. The last known sightings in the area was 9 years ago!

This encounter consisted of 7 whales that remained in the same relative area for 3 hours. Some of them breached and did some chin-slapping. 

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Stunning capture off Rausu by Shiretoko Nature Cruise (知床ネイチャークルーズ

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is an ID catalouge from the japan orcas online to find? i havent seen anything and would love to take a closer look at their family trees and ID pictures. do you know from whale watching organisations, that collect data and also share them with the world wide web? maybe facebook or tumblr?

Hi!

Yes there is an ID Guide for the orca populations of Hokkaido, Japan here- it is almost 10 years old now, but as far as I know they have not been extensively studied. There is also a “Meet the Whales” post series we during the beginnings of this blog.

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Orca off the Rausu coast, Hokkaido Japan, 06.19.16

Photos by Hiroya Minakuchi

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05.14.2016 (Shiretoko Nature Cruise)

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Sightings off the Shiretoko Peninsula on 5.12.2016 of a new calf!

Photos via Shiretoko Nature Cruise

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The “season” for orca watching in the Rausu region of Hokkaido runs roughly from April to September- we look forward to what this year will bring for these Japanese orca! :)

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Large male orca from an encounter in May, 2015

Photo by Shiretoko Nature Cruise

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February 20, 2016:

A deceased male orca calf was discovered by residents of Shiritocho, Kushiro-shi (42.968604N 144.369490E) and reported to Stranding Network Hokkaido.

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Orca seen near Rausu on February 19, 2016.

Its less common to see orca near the Shiretoko peninsula; they are more regularly seen in the summer.

Source: Shiretoko Nature Cruise

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Killer whales swim in the sea off the shores of the town of Rausu, eastern Hokkaido, on May 25 2013.

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Killer whales swim in the sea off the shores of the town of Rausu, eastern Hokkaido, on May 25 2013. 

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A killer whale swims off the coast of Kanaya Port in Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture in May 2015.

Source - Japanese Coast Guard /  Kyodo

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Orcas in Japan. Photo by Mmatomo.

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Underwater images of Japanese resident Orca, captured by nature photographer Masayuki Miyamoto.

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Orcas in Japan, August 2014. Photo by ゴジラ岩観光 クジラ・イルカウォッチングクルーズ.

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シャチ・スーパーーポッド 2013.07.01

Footage of a Japanese Orca “super pod” encounter off the Rausu coast of Hokkaido, by Masayuki Miyamoto.

This appears to show 20-30 individuals (some residents?), the description says others were approaching in 3 or 4 nearby patches of water totaling a gathering of about 100 individuals. 

Documentation of gatherings like this for the Japanese population is extremely rare.

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