John Cantelo
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My trip was also in February 2020 so our paths could have crossed (and may have done so if you were traveling with Naturetrek). I went on a tour led by my old friend, Mark Finn, who's been running winter tours to Japan for years. Although we dipped several species we 'should' have seen, we smashed his previous record for a winter trip as we got several hard-to-see species. Our ferry trip to Hokkaido was spectacular, by far Mark's best with hundreds of Laysan and a handful each of Short-tailed & Black-footed Albatross plus Fork-tailed Storm Petrel (a lifer even for Mark).I have to echo John Cantelo & for basically the same reasons - 2 weeks in Japan second half of February 2020.