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Wild Hokkaido: Ride horses, steam in saunas and spot wildlife in Japan’s remote ‘last frontier’
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Toro is a tiny town deep in Hokkaido’s far eastern region that is often described as Japan’s last frontier.
PHOTOS: THE GEEK, TOH EE MING
Toh Ee Ming
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HOKKAIDO – The first man slips on a bright green frog hat and, one by one, the rest of the five middle-aged singers follow suit.
Then it begins: He croaks out a low baritone tune, the next man joins in an octave higher and, soon, the chorus is squatting and leaping, palms splayed like webbed feet, mouths open wide in synchronised harmony. Each note brings bolder gestures, their exaggerated frog-like expressions growing more animated with every beat.
