An initiative was held in Mombetsu City, Hokkaido to allow foreigners visiting the area under the technical intern training program to enjoy sightseeing on drift ice. On the second day, the 6th, about 80 people boarded the drift ice sightseeing boat "Garinko" The participants cheered as they enjoyed the scenery of pure white drift ice spreading all over the sea.

A woman from Indonesia who was seeing drift ice for the first time said, ''It's fun to see drift ice''