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Abe no Hirafu
Abe no Hirafu (阿部 比羅夫) was a governor of Koshi Province. He fought against the aboriginal inhabitants of Japan (called, at that time, emishi or ebisu, which basically means `barbarian'). This was in 658. Three years later, in 661, he led an expedition into Korea to help Baekje, an ally on the Korean peninsula, in the Battle of Baekgang.
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Ainu people
The Nihongo|Ainu|アイヌ||Aynu (also called Ezo in historical texts) are the indigenous people or groups in Japan and Russia. Historically they spoke the Ainu language and related varieties and lived in Hokkaidō, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. Most of those who identify themselves as Ainu still live in this same region, though the exact number of living Ainu is unknown. This is due to ethnic issues in Japan resulting in those with Ainu backgrounds hiding their identities and confusion over mixed heritages. In Japan, because of intermarriage over many years with Japanese, the concept of a 'pure Ainu' ethnic group is no longer feasible. Official estimates of the population are of around 25,000, while the unofficial number is upwards of 200,000 people.
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Emishi
:For the statesman at the Yamato imperial court, see Soga no Emishi. For the fictional character see Emishi Haruki
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Enomoto Takeaki
Viscount was a Japanese Navy admiral faithful to the Tokugawa Shogunate who fought against the new Meiji government until the end of the Boshin War, but later served in the government as one of the founders of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Harumi Takahashi
is the present governor of the Japanese prefecture of Hokkaidō. She graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1976. She started her career as a bureaucrat in Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry) and quit in 2003.
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Horace Capron
Horace Capron (August 31, 1804 – February 22, 1885) was an American businessman and agriculturalist, a founder of Laurel, Maryland, a Union officer in the American Civil War, the United States Commissioner of Agriculture under U.S. Presidents Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant, and an advisor to Japan's Hokkaidō Development Commission.
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Matsumae clan
The was a Japanese clan which was granted the area around Matsumae, Hokkaidō as a march fief in 1590 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and charged with defending it, and by extension all of Japan, from the Ainu 'barbarians' to the north. Originally known as the Kakizaki clan, and claiming descendence from the Takeda of Wakasa province, the family later took the name Matsumae. In exchange for their service in defending the country, the Matsumae were made exempt from owing rice to the shogunate in tribute, and from the sankin kōtai system, under which most daimyo (feudal lords of Edo period Japan) were required to spend half the year at Edo, while their families were, essentially, held hostage to prevent rebellion, spending the entire year at Edo.
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. Grant began his lifelong career as a soldier after graduating from the United States Military Academy in 1843. Fighting in the Mexican American War, he was a close observer of the techniques of Generals Zachary Taylor and Winfield Scott. He resigned from the Army in 1854, then struggled to make a living in St. Louis. After many financial setbacks, he finally moved to Galena, Illinois where he worked as a clerk in his father's tannery shop, making Galena his permanent legal home.
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William S. Clark
William Smith Clark (July 31, 1826 – March 9, 1886) was a professor of chemistry, botany and zoology, a colonel during the American Civil War, founder and first functioning president of the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts Amherst) and president of Sapporo Agricultural College in Japan (now Hokkaido University).
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Alberta
Alberta is the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces. It covers nearly the same land area as the state of Texas, and had a population of 3.7 million in 2009. It became a province on September 1, 1905, on the same day as Saskatchewan.
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Busan
Busan (Officially Busan Metropolitan City), formerly spelled Pusan () is South Korea's second largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million. It is the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world. The city is located on the southeasternmost tip of the Korean peninsula and faces the Korea Strait. The most densely built up areas of the city are situated in a number of narrow valleys between the Nakdong River and Suyeong River, with mountains separating some of the districts. Administratively, it is designated as a Metropolitan City. The Busan metropolitan area is divided into 15 major administrative districts and a single county.
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Canada
Canada () is a country in North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area. Canada's common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world.
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Chuo-ku, Sapporo
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Dewa Province
is an old province of Japan, comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka.
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Farringdon Road
Farringdon Road is a road in Clerkenwell, Central London. Its construction, which took almost 20 years between the 1840s and the 1860s, is considered one of the greatest urban engineering achievements of the nineteenth century. Not only was it one of the first engineered multi-lane roads, but it also buried the River Fleet in a system of underground tunnels, solving one of London's most daunting sanitary problems. Its construction also included the building of the world's first stretch of underground railway, a branch of the Metropolitan Railway that later became part of the London Underground running beneath Farringdon Road from into the City at station.
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Gyeongsangnam-do
Gyeongsangnam-do (South Gyeongsang) is a province in the southeast of South Korea. The provincial capital is located at Changwon.
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Hakodate
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Hakodate, Hokkaidō
is a city and port located in Oshima, Hokkaidō, Japan. It is the capital city of Oshima Subprefecture.
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Hidaka Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. The west side of the Hidaka mountains occupies most of the area. Hidaka is sparsely populated and has many of Hokkaidō's natural resources. The governmental office is located in Urakawa.
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Hispaniola
Hispaniola (Spanish: La Española) is a major island in the Caribbean, containing the two sovereign states of the Dominican Republic and Haiti. The island is located between the islands of Cuba to the west, and Puerto Rico to the east, directly within the hurricane belt. Hispaniola is perhaps most famous as the site of the first European colonies in the New World, colonies founded by Christopher Columbus on his voyages in 1492 and 1493. It is the tenth most populous island in the world, and the most populous in the Americas. It is the 22nd largest island in the world.
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Hiyama Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan located on the Oshima Peninsula on the Sea of Japan side. It includes Okushiri Island. It was established in 1897.
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Hokkaido University
, or , is a national university of Japan. It is considered as a member of the National Seven Universities. It is situated in downtown Sapporo, just north of Sapporo Station, and stretching approximately 2.4 kilometers northward.
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Hokkaidō region
#REDIRECTHokkaidō
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Honshu
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Iburi Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan.
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Ireland
Ireland (,; , ; Ulster Scots: Airlann) is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the northwest of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islets. To the east of Ireland is Great Britain, separated from it by the Irish Sea. The island is divided between the Republic of Ireland, which covers just under five-sixths of the island, and Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom, which covers the remainder and is located in the northeast of the island. The population of Ireland is approximately 6.2 million people. Just under 4.5 million live in the Republic of Ireland and just under 1.8 million live in Northern Ireland.
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Japan
Japan (日本 Nihon or Nippon), officially the State of Japan ( or Nihon-koku), is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin" (because it lies to the east of nearby countries), which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun".
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Japanese Archipelago
The , which forms the country of Japan, extends roughly from northeast to southwest along the northeastern coast of the Eurasia mainland, washing upon the northwestern shores of the Pacific Ocean. It is composed of islands from the Sakhalin island arc and the Northeastern Japan arc.
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Kuril Islands
The Kuril Islands ( or ; , , , Japanese: ) or Kurile Islands in Russia's Sakhalin Oblast region, is a volcanic archipelago that stretches approximately northeast from Hokkaidō, Japan, to Kamchatka, Russia, separating the Sea of Okhotsk from the North Pacific Ocean. There are 56 islands and many more minor rocks.
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Lake Akkeshi
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London
London () is the capital of England and the United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who called it Londinium. London's core, the ancient City of London, largely retains its square-mile mediaeval boundaries. Since at least the 19th century, the name London has also referred to the metropolis developed around this core. The bulk of this conurbation forms the London region and the Greater London administrative area, governed by the elected Mayor of London and the London Assembly.
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Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts () is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Most of its population of 6.6 million lives in the Boston metropolitan area. The eastern half of the state consists of urban, suburban, and rural areas, while Western Massachusetts is mostly rural. Massachusetts is the most populous of the six New England states and ranks third among U.S. states in GDP per capita.
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Nemuro Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. The Japanese claim the disputed Southern Kurile Islands (known as the Northern Territories in Japan) as part of this subprefecture.
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New Chitose Airport
, is an airport located south southeast of Chitose and Tomakomai, Hokkaidō, Japan, serving the Sapporo metropolitan area. By land area, it is the largest airport in Hokkaidō.
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Oshima Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 2004 it had a population of 456,621 and an area of 3,715.38 km².
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth's oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic in the north to the Southern Ocean in the south, bounded by Asia and Australia in the west, and the Americas in the east.
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Republic of Ezo
The was a short-lived state established by former Tokugawa retainers in what is now known as Hokkaidō, the northernmost – large but sparsely populated – island in modern Japan.
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Rishiri Island
Rishiri Island (利尻島, rishiritō) rises out of the Sea of Japan off the coast of Hokkaidō, Japan. The island is formed by the cone-shaped extinct volcanic peak of Mount Rishiri. Along with Rebun and the coastal area of Sarobetsu, Rishiri forms the Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park. The main industries of Rishiri are tourism and fishing. The island is about 63 km in circumference and covers 183 km².
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Rumoi Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. As of 2004, it had a population of 63,406 and an area of 4,019.97km².
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Russia
Russia (; ), also officially known as the Russian Federation (), is a state in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects. From northwest to southeast, Russia shares borders with Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (both via Kaliningrad Oblast), Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the People's Republic of China, Mongolia, and North Korea. It also has maritime borders with Japan by the Sea of Okhotsk and the United States by the Bering Strait. At , Russia is the largest country in the world, covering more than a ninth of the Earth's land area. Russia is also the ninth most populous nation with 142 million people. It extends across the whole of northern Asia and 40% of Europe, spanning 9 time zones and incorporating a wide range of environments and landforms. Russia has the world's largest reserves of mineral and energy resources. It has the world's largest forest reserves and its lakes contain approximately one-quarter of the world's fresh water.
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Sakhalin Oblast
Sakhalin Oblast (, Sakhalinskaya oblast) () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast) comprising the island of Sakhalin and Kuril Islands.
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Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, between the Asian mainland, the Japanese archipelago and Sakhalin. It is bordered by Japan, North Korea, Russia and South Korea. Like the Mediterranean Sea, it has almost no tides due to its nearly complete enclosure from the Pacific Ocean. This isolation also reflects in the fauna species and in the water salinity, which is lower than in the ocean. The sea has no large islands, bays or capes. Its water balance is mostly determined by the inflow and outflow through the straits connecting it to the neighboring seas and Pacific Ocean. Few rivers discharge into the sea and their total contribution to the water exchange is within 1%.
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Sea of Okhotsk
The Sea of Okhotsk (; English Transliteration: Okhotskoye More) is a part of the western Pacific Ocean, lying between the Kamchatka Peninsula on the east, the Kuril Islands on the southeast, the island of Hokkaidō to the far south, the island of Sakhalin along the west, and a long stretch of eastern Siberian coast (including the Shantar Islands) along the west and north. The northeast corner is Shelikhov Gulf. It is named after Okhotsk, the first Russian settlement in the Far East.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK, , ) and sometimes referred to simply as Korea, is a state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul. South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers and has a population of .
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Sōya Subprefecture
is a subprefecture of Hokkaidō, Japan. Its population is estimated to be 77,500 as of July 31, 2004 and its area is 4,050.84 km². It is the northernmost subprefecture of Japan.
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Tsugaru Strait
is a channel between Honshū and Hokkaidō in northern Japan connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. It was named after the western part of Aomori Prefecture. The Seikan Tunnel passes under it at its narrowest point (19.5 km) between Tappi Misaki on the Tsugaru Peninsula in Aomori, Honshū and Shirakami Misaki on the Matsumae Peninsula in Hokkaidō.
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- Muromachi period
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The Real Hokkaido - Japan
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- Duration: 3:47
- Published: 27 Feb 2011
- Uploaded: 21 Feb 2012
- Author: bestdestination
Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations - Japan Hokkaido 1:3
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- Duration: 15:00
- Published: 27 Apr 2011
- Uploaded: 28 Feb 2012
- Author: kumquatsta
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Japan Hokkaido Part 1 of 3
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Hokkaido in Japan -Sigh for the beauty-
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- Duration: 2:36
- Published: 17 Jul 2007
- Uploaded: 27 Feb 2012
- Author: WindDanceFilm
Breathtaking scenes from northern part of Japan. These pictures were taken by photographers in Flickr. You can find more in their pages www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com www.flickr.com Music: You can download MP3s and enjoy for yourself. But please don't use them in public unless you can read and agree with the terms of use in Japanese. www.hmix.net Click "MUSIC GALLERY" Click "YES → MUSIC GALLERY" 6th from bottom - 1.46MB (words of stars) 9th from bottom - 1.46MB (miracles of stars) My blog about the best comedy videos (in Japanese) tubenglish.seesaa.net
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Sapporo, Hokkaido
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- Duration: 4:01
- Published: 06 Feb 2008
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- Author: ballatanda
This is a little trip I took to Sapporo in Hokkaido. Featured city: Susukino.
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Hokkaido Fox village
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- Duration: 1:20
- Published: 15 Jun 2007
- Uploaded: 12 Feb 2012
- Author: GladysHsieh
2007 late of Spring, Hokkaido is the first land that Brian (my boy) go abroad for sightseeing. One of the impressive place for him is this fox village.
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Hokkaido Japan-spring-
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- Duration: 7:07
- Published: 27 Mar 2007
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- Author: digitalcontents
A splendid scene
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Real Hokkaido
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- Duration: 3:49
- Published: 31 Mar 2009
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- Author: kankohokkaido
Hokkaido at a Glance Hokkaido is the northernmost island of Japan, a country at the eastern verge of Eurasia and the western edge of the Pacific Ocean. The 21st largest island in the world, Hokkaido is roughly the same size as Austria and its population is similar to those of Denmark and Finland. With 50million tourists welcomed to Hokkaido each year, the island holds rank as Japans premier sightseeing region. In 2008, at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit, Hokkaido was further showcased to the world as an ideal site for international conferences.
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Winter in Hokkaido - Japan
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- Duration: 2:28
- Published: 27 Feb 2011
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- Author: bestdestination
Snowboarding Japan Hokkaido
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- Duration: 6:54
- Published: 22 Mar 2010
- Uploaded: 19 Feb 2012
- Author: snowboardrealms
music by www.myspace.com hi ho hi ho its off to hokkaido we go , and when we got there so did the wind , sun and rain .. what is usually one of the greatest pow trips of your life , was now a mission to try and find something to do. hours and hours of driving around towns searching for hand rails , most of them covered in 3 or 4 feet of snow . but thats part of being a pro snowboarder , making the most out of every situation . more info at www.thesnowboardrealms.com Thanks to our sponsors http www.bondsnowboarding.com http www.myairblaster.com http www.deeluxe.com http www.dropmfg.com
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Jenn in Japan - Hokkaido Highway
With the miraculously nice spring weather (it's a been a long time coming, I assure you) popping up, I decided to take a nice, leisurely drive through the area where I live. Come with me on a random, scenic tour of beautiful southern Hokkaido, Japan! Follow more craziness on Twitter! twitter.com Music Credits: "Eternal Hope" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) incompetech.com Licensed under Creative Commons "Attribution 3.0" creativecommons.org
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Hokkaido:JFAQ139
4 hours of video condensed into 30 mins of japans coldest prefecture.
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Cheesie and I in Hokkaido!
Short video of us on the train to Otaru taken today!! If we look tired it's because we flew all day!
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A land of natural treasure Hokkaido (English)
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- Duration: 3:20
- Published: 27 Jun 2008
- Uploaded: 25 Feb 2012
- Author: visitjapan
Beautiful scenery in Hokkaido, a stage of G8 summit 2008.
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Anthony Bourdain - No Reservations - Japan Hokkaido 2:3
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- Duration: 15:00
- Published: 27 Apr 2011
- Uploaded: 26 Feb 2012
- Author: kumquatsta
Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Japan Hokkaido Part 2 of 3
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Hokkaido - Japan
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- Duration: 1:51
- Published: 04 Dec 2010
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- Author: THEWORLDOFTRAVEL
Hokkaidō Is the northernmost of the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago and the least developed. The term literally means Hokkaido via the northern sea. Originally it was called Ezo and was primarily inhabited by the indigenous Ainu. The island is characterized by a wild and harsh winters, Hokkaido attracts nature lovers and winter sports in the colder months, cyclists, hikers and campers from June to September. The entire island is a single prefecture. Its capital is Sapporo.Excluding its lakes, the island of Hokkaido has an area of 78719 km2, that makes it the 21st largest island in the world. The island of Hokkaido is the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago, close to Russia. Its coasts facing the Pacific Ocean to the east and south, the Sea of Okhotsk in the north and west on the Sea of Japan. To the north of La Perouse Strait separates it from the Russian island of Sakhalin. It is an island of volcanic origin: the mountains are concentrated in the central part of the island, softening in the plains that stretch to the coasts. The prefecture of Hokkaido also includes other smaller islands, such Rishiri, islands Okushiri, and Rebun. ( source Wikipedia )
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Hokkaido University Festival 2011 english
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- Duration: 5:51
- Published: 05 Jun 2011
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- Author: saythatshot
tsunagaruconsulting.com Hokkaido Uni. This Festiaval was held from June 2 to 5. Many people, even tourists come to this festival every year. Basically it's Japanese event, so you can enjoy food there. An interesting thing is exchange students make their food like Chinese, Taiwanese, Bangladesh, Portuguese, Ghanaian, etc. Its also interesting to join events like live performances, cheer dancing, lectures. We took what Hokkaido uni festival is like and shoot some of events. Enjoy our movie. thanks.
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Game Center CX - #105 - Hokkaido Serial Murders: Fade to Okhotsk (1/4)
Translated by the SA GCCX Team.
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Hokkaido Fox
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- Duration: 2:33
- Published: 05 Apr 2010
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- Author: JackAtAnimalDino
Hokkaido Fox presented by Jack the Lizard More images and stories are at Jack the Lizard Wonder World www.animal-dino.com In Japan there are two kinds of fox, The Hondo fox (Vulpes vulpes japonica) and The Hokkaido fox (Vulpes vulpes schrencki). Later is slightly larger and has black spot on the feet and back of the ears. Hokkaido is the second largest island in Japan. The Hokkaido fox inhabits Hokkaido and islands nearby. The Hokkaido fox is about 60~80 cm (23~31 in) in length and weighs about 4~10 kg (9~22 lb). The habitats widely range from coast to subalpine. They hunt rabbits, rodents, small birds and insects. In autumn they also eat some fruits and seeds. In early spring pups are born in the den. Basically only the mother takes care of them, but pups' older brothers or sisters help mother sometimes. The father lives alone and does not participate in parenting. In Hokkaido they are one of the most popular animals, but you must not give them food because of the parasite in their body. If other animals including humans were infected, they would die. Surely they are cute, especially in fluffy winter coat though. BGM "Gavotte from Holberg Suite, Op. 40" by Edvard Grieg
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Splinter Cell Chaos Theory - Hokkaido
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- Duration: 13:25
- Published: 21 Dec 2006
- Uploaded: 26 Feb 2012
- Author: Dollars8319
100% Stealth walkthrough for Hokkaido. Click the link for other missions - www.youtube.com *Please note this is the XBOX VERSION!*
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Hokkaido rawan buki(Big butterbur) Vuvuzela&Didgeridoo;
I made Vuvuzela&Didgeridoo with a big butterbur.
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Snow-shoveling in Hokkaido （雪かき）
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- Duration: 1:37
- Published: 19 Dec 2009
- Uploaded: 29 Feb 2012
- Author: BraLadyJapan
It showed today here in Hokkaido. I had to do some snow-shoveling and keep my car clean
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Jenn in Japan - Hokkaido Weather
Hokkaido is known as "The North Island." I live there. This is what happens to us. You know, I'm a pale, pale girl. Does this mean I can consider myself the Snow Queen? I think so. Follow more craziness on Twitter: MissJenn610 Thanks for watching! Music taken from: dig.ccmixter.org "dig.ccmixter is devoted to helping you find that great music, all of which is liberally licensed under a Creative Commons license so you already have permission to use this music in your video, podcast, school project, personal music player, or where ever... We even have several 1000 tracks that already have permission to use in commercial projects for free." "The Annual New England Xylophone Symposium" by DoKashiteru (feat. spinning merkaba) ccmixter.org is licensed under a Creative Commons license: creativecommons.org I DO NOT OWN THIS MUSIC!
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Game Center CX - #105 - Hokkaido Serial Murders: Fade to Okhotsk (2/4)
Translated by the SA GCCX Team.
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| name | Hokkaido |
|---|---|
| translit lang1 | Japanese |
| translit lang1 type | Japanese |
| translit lang1 info | |
| translit lang1 type1 | Rōmaji |
| translit lang1 info1 | Hokkaidō |
| blank emblem type | Symbol of Hokkaido |
| subdivision type | Country |
| subdivision name | Japan |
| subdivision type1 | Region |
| subdivision name1 | Hokkaido |
| subdivision type2 | Island |
| subdivision name2 | Hokkaidō |
| seat type | Capital |
| seat | Sapporo |
| leader title | Governor |
| leader name | Harumi Takahashi |
| area total km2 | 83,453.57 |
| area water percent | 6.4 |
| area rank | 1st |
| population total | 5,507,456 |
| population as of | 2010-10-01 |
| population rank | 8th |
| population density km2 | 66.4 |
| iso code | JP-01 |
| blank name sec1 | Districts |
| blank info sec1 | 68 |
| blank1 name sec1 | Municipalities |
| blank1 info sec1 | 180 |
| blank name sec2 | Flower |
| blank info sec2 | Hamanasu(Rugosa Rose, ''Rosa rugosa'') |
| blank1 name sec2 | Tree |
| blank1 info sec2 | Ezomatsu(Jezo Spruce, ''Picea jezoensis'') |
| blank2 name sec2 | Bird |
| blank2 info sec2 | Tanchō(Red-crowned Crane, ''Grus japonensis'') |
| blank3 name sec2 | Fish |
| blank3 info sec2 | Sea Bream |
| website | pref.hokkaido.lg.jp }} |
| name | Hokkaidō (island) |
|---|---|
| image caption | Hokkaido island, Japan |
| native name | 北海道（本島） |
| native name link | Japanese language |
| location | Boundary between northwestern Pacific Ocean, Sea of Japan, and Sea of Okhotsk |
| coordinates | |
| archipelago | Japanese Archipelago |
| area km2 | 77,981.87 |
| highest mount | Asahidake |
| elevation m | 2,290 |
| country | Japan |
| country admin divisions title | Prefectures |
| country admin divisions | Hokkaido |
| country largest city | Sapporo |
| country largest city population | 1,890,561 |
| population | approx. 5,600,000 |
| ethnic groups | Ainu, Yamato }} |
|北海道|Hokkaidō|literally "North Sea Circuit"}}, formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel. The largest city on Hokkaido is its capital, Sapporo, which is also its only ordinance-designated city.
History
Hokkaido was settled by Ainu, Gilyak, and Orok 20,000 years ago. The ''Nihon Shoki'', finished in 720, is often said to be the first mention of Hokkaido in recorded history. According to the text, Abe no Hirafu led a large navy and army to northern areas from 658 to 660 and came into contact with the Mishihase and Emishi. One of the places Hirafu went to was called Watarishima (), which is often believed to be present-day Hokkaido. However, many theories exist in relation to the details of this event, including the location of Watarishima and the common belief that the Emishi in Watarishima were the ancestors of the present-day Ainu people.During the Nara and Heian periods (710–1185), people in Hokkaido conducted trade with Dewa Province, an outpost of the Japanese central government. From the medieval ages, the people in Hokkaidō began to be called Ezo. Around the same time Hokkaidō came to be called or Ezogashima. The Ezo mainly relied upon hunting and fishing and obtained rice and iron through trade with the Japanese.
During the Muromachi period (1336–1573), the Japanese created a settlement at the south of the Oshima peninsula. As more people moved to the settlement to avoid battles, disputes arose between the Japanese and the Ainu. The disputes eventually developed into a war. Takeda Nobuhiro killed the Ainu leader, Koshamain, and defeated the opposition in 1457. Nobuhiro's descendants became the rulers of the Matsumae-han, which was granted exclusive trading rights with the Ainu in the Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods (1568–1868). The Matsumae family's economy relied upon trade with the Ainu. They held authority over the south of Ezochi until the end of the Edo period in 1868.
The Matsumae clan rule over the Ainu must be understood in the context of the expansion of the Japanese feudal state. Medieval military leaders in northern Honshū maintained only tenuous political and cultural ties to the imperial court and its proxies, the Kamakura Shogunate and Ashikaga Shogunate. Feudal strongmen sometimes located themselves within medieval institutional order, taking shogunal titles, while in other times they assumed titles that seemed to give them a non-Japanese identity. In fact many of the feudal strongmen were descended from Emishi military leaders who had been assimilated into Japanese society.
There were numerous revolts by the Ainu against feudal rule. The last large-scale resistance was Shakushain's Revolt in 1669-1672. In 1789 a smaller movement, the Menashi-Kunashir Rebellion, was also crushed. After that rebellion the terms "Japanese" and "Ainu" referred to clearly distinguished groups, and the Matsumae were uniquivocally Japanese. In 1799-1821 and 1855-1858 the Edo Shogunate took direct control over Hokkaido in response to a perceived threat from Russia.
Leading up to the Meiji Restoration, the Tokugawa Shogunate realized there was a need to prepare northern defenses against a possible Russian invasion and took over control of most of Ezochi. The Shogunate made the plight of the Ainu slightly easier, but did not change the overall form of rule.
Hokkaido was known as Ezochi until the Meiji Restoration. Shortly after the Boshin War in 1868, a group of Tokugawa loyalists led by Enomoto Takeaki proclaimed the island's independence as the Republic of Ezo, but the rebellion was crushed in May 1869. Ezochi was subsequently put under control of , Hakodate Prefectural Government). When establishing the , the Meiji Government introduced a new name. After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido; and regional subdivisions were established, including the provinces of Oshima, Shiribeshi, Iburi, Ishikari, Teshio, Kitami, Hidaka, Tokachi, Kushiro, Nemuro and Chishima.
The primary purpose of the development commission was to secure Hokkaido before the Russians extended their control of the Far East beyond Vladivostok. Kuroda Kiyotaka was put in charge of the venture. His first step was to journey to the United States and recruit Horace Capron, President Grant's Commissioner of Agriculture. From 1871 to 1873 Capron bent his efforts to expounding Western agriculture and mining with mixed results. Capron, frustrated with obstacles to his efforts returned home in 1875. In 1876 William S. Clark arrived to found an agricultural college in Sapporo. Although he only remained a year, Clark left lasting impression on Hokkaido, inspiring the Japanese with his teachings on agriculture as well as Christianity. His parting words, ''"Boys, be ambitious!"'' can be found on public buildings in Hokkaido to this day. Whatever the impact these Americans had, the population of Hokkaido boomed from 58,000 to 240,000 during that decade.
In 1882, the Development Commission was abolished, and Hokkaido was separated into three prefectures, , , and . In 1886, the three prefectures were abolished, and Hokkaido was put under the . Hokkaido became equal with other prefectures in 1947, when the revised Local Autonomy Law became effective. The Japanese central government established the as an agency of the Prime Minister's Office in 1949 to maintain its executive power in Hokkaido. The Agency was absorbed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2001. and the of the Ministry still have a strong influence on public construction projects in Hokkaido.
During the last days of World War II, about 1500 bombers, including B-29 Superfortresses, launched from Task Force 38 attacked Hokkaido through firebombing on July 14, and 15, 1945. A total of 78 cities, towns, and villages were raided and the most damaged were Hakodate, Muroran, and Nemuro.
Naming of Hokkaido
When establishing the , the Meiji Government decided to change the name of Ezochi. Matsuura Takeshirō submitted six proposals, including names such as and , to the government. The government eventually decided to use the name Hokkaidō, but decided to write it as , as a compromise between and because of the similarity with names such as . According to Matsuura, the name was thought up because the Ainu called the region ''Kai''. There is no known Ainu word for the island, but the term ''Aynu Mosir'' (), translating as "Ainu Land" or "The Land Where People Live", has traditionally been applied to the all of the lands the Ainu inhabited; this also designated them separate from the ''Kamuy Mosir'' (), or the land of the Kamuy, and the ''Sisam Mosir'' (), the land of the Japanese and other peoples. Historically, many peoples who had interactions with the ancestors of the Ainu called them and their islands ''Kuyi'', ''Kuye'', ''Qoy'', or some similar name, which may have some connection to the early modern form ''Kai''. The ''Kai'' element also strongly resembles the Sino-Japanese reading of the characters (Sino-Japanese , Japanese ''kun'yomi'' ), which have been used for over a thousand years in China and Japan as the standard orthographic form to be used when referring to Ainu and related peoples; it is possible that Matsuura's ''Kai'' was actually an alteration, influenced by the Sino-Japanese reading of ''Ka-i'', of the Nivkh exonym for the Ainu, namely ''Qoy'' or .
Geography
The island of Hokkaido is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean. The center of the island has a number of mountains and volcanic plateaus, and there are coastal plains in all directions. Major cities include Sapporo and Asahikawa in the central region and the port of Hakodate facing Honshu.
The governmental jurisdiction of Hokkaido incorporates several smaller islands, including Rishiri, Okushiri Island, and Rebun. (By Japanese reckoning, Hokkaido also incorporates several of the Kuril Islands.) Because the prefectural status of Hokkaido is denoted by the ''dō'' in its name, it is rarely referred to as "Hokkaido Prefecture", except when necessary to distinguish the governmental entity from the island.
The island ranks 21st in the world by area. It is 3.6% smaller than the island of Ireland while Hispaniola is 6.1% smaller than Hokkaido. By population it ranks 20th, between Ireland and Sicily. Hokkaido's population is 4.7% less than that of the island of Ireland, and Sicily's is 12% lower than Hokkaido's.
Seismic activity
Like the rest of Japan, Hokkaido is seismically active. Aside from numerous earthquakes, the following volcanoes are still considered active (at least one eruption since 1850):In 1993, an earthquake of magnitude 7.8 generated a tsunami which devastated Okushiri, killing 202. An earthquake of magnitude 8.0 struck near the island on September 25, 2003, at 19:50:07 (UTC).
National Parks and quasi-national parks
There are still many undisturbed forests in Hokkaido, including:| National parks | |
| Shiretoko National Park* | 知床 |
| Akan National Park | 阿寒 |
| Kushiro Shitsugen National Park | 釧路湿原 |
| Daisetsuzan National Park | 大雪山 |
| Shikotsu-Toya National Park | 支笏洞爺 |
| Rishiri-Rebun-Sarobetsu National Park | 利尻礼文サロベツ |
| Quasi-national parks (準国立公園) | |
| Abashiri Quasi-National Park | 網走 |
| Hidaka Sanmyaku-Erimo Quasi-National Park | 日高山脈襟裳 |
| Niseko-Shakotan-Otaru Kaigan Quasi-National Park | ニセコ積丹小樽海岸 |
| Ōnuma Quasi-National Park | 大沼 |
| Shokanbetsu-Teuri-Yagishiri Quasi-National Park | 暑寒別天売焼尻 |
Twelve prefectural natural parks (道立自然公園). The prefectual natural parks cover 146,802 ha, the largest area of any prefecture.
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| Kushiro Wetland | :ja:釧路湿原 | |
| Lake Kutcharo | :ja:クッチャロ湖 | |
| Lake Utonai | :ja:ウトナイ湖 | |
| Kiritappu Wetland | :ja:霧多布湿原 | |
| Lake Akkeshi, Bekkanbeushi Wetland | :ja:厚岸湖・別寒辺牛湿原 | |
| Miyajima Marsh | :ja:宮島沼 | |
| Uryūnuma Wetland | :ja:雨竜沼湿原 | |
| Sarobetsu Mire | :ja:サロベツ原野 | |
| Lake Tōfutsu | :ja:濤沸湖 | |
| Lake Akan | :ja:阿寒湖 | |
| Notsuke Peninsula, Notsuke Bay | :ja:野付半島・:ja:野付湾 | |
| Lake Fūren, Shunkunitai | :ja:風蓮湖・:ja:春国岱 |
Subprefectures
Hokkaido is one of eight prefectures in Japan that have subprefectures (支庁 ''shichō''). However, it is the only one of the eight to have such offices covering the whole of its territory outside the main cities (rather than having them just for outlying islands or remote areas). This is mostly due to its great size: many parts of the prefecture are simply too far away to be effectively administered by Sapporo. Subprefectural offices in Hokkaidō carry out many of the duties that prefectural offices fulfill elsewhere in Japan. {| |style="padding-right:1em; vertical-align:top;"|There is a plan to reorganize the 14 subprefectures as 9 , but as of 2009, the implementation of the plan has stalled.
Before the current political divisions and after 1869, Hokkaidō was divided into provinces. See Former Provinces of Hokkaidō.
Climate
Hokkaido is known for its cooler summers and icy winters. Most of the island falls in the humid continental climate zone (Köppen ''Dfa'' (humid continental) in some inland lowlands, ''Dfb'' (hemiboreal) in most other areas). The average August temperature ranges from , while the average January temperature ranges from depending on elevation and latitude. The island tends to see isolated snowstorms that develop long-lasting snowbanks, in contrast to the constant flurries seen in the Hokuriku region.Unlike the other major islands of Japan, Hokkaido is normally not affected by the June-July rainy season and the relative lack of humidity and typically warm, rather than hot, summer weather makes its climate an attraction for tourists from other parts of Japan.
In winter, the generally high quality of powder snow and numerous mountains in Hokkaidō make it one of Japan's most popular regions for snow sports. The snowfall usually commences in earnest in November and ski resorts (such as those at Niseko, Furano and Rusutsu) usually operate between December and April. Hokkaido celebrates its winter weather at the Sapporo Snow Festival.
During the winter, passage through the Sea of Okhotsk is often complicated by large floes of drift ice. Combined with high winds that occur during winter, this frequently brings air travel and maritime activity to a halt beyond the northern coast of Hokkaido.
Major cities and towns
Hokkaido's largest city is the capital, Sapporo. Other major cities include Hakodate in the south and Asahikawa in the central region. Other important population centers include Kushiro, Obihiro, Kitami, Abashiri, and Nemuro.
Hokkaido has the highest rate of depopulation in Japan. In 2000, 152 (71.7%) of Hokkaido's 212 municipalities were shrinking. Altogether, shrinking municipalities in Japan in the same year numbered 1,171.
Economy
Although there is some light industry (most notably paper milling, beer brewing) most of the population is employed by the service sector. In 2001, the service sector and other tertiary industries generated more than three quarters of the gross domestic product.However, agriculture and other primary industries play a large role in Hokkaido's economy. Hokkaido has nearly one fourth of Japan's total arable land. It ranks first in the nation in the production of a host of agricultural products, including wheat, soybeans, potatoes, sugar beet, onions, pumpkins, corn, raw milk, and beef. Hokkaido also accounts for 22% of Japan's forests with a sizable timber industry. The prefecture is also first in the nation in production of marine products and aquaculture.
Tourism is an important industry, especially during the cool summertime when visitors are attracted to Hokkaido's open spaces from hotter and more humid parts of Japan. During the winter, skiing and other winter sports bring other tourists, and increasingly international ones, to the island.
Transportation
Hokkaido's only land link to the rest of Japan is the Seikan Tunnel. Most travelers to the island arrive by air: the main airport is New Chitose Airport at Chitose, just south of Sapporo. Tokyo-Chitose is in the top 10 of the world's busiest air routes, handling 45 widebody round trips on four airlines each day. One of the airlines, Air Do was named after Hokkaido. Hokkaido can also be reached by ferry from Sendai, Niigata and some other cities, with the ferries from Tokyo dealing only in cargo.Within Hokkaido, there is a fairly well-developed railway network (see Hokkaidō Railway Company), but many cities can only be accessed by road.
Hokkaido is home to one of Japan's three Melody Roads, which is made from grooves cut into the ground, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body.
Education
The Hokkaidō Prefectural Board of Education oversees public schools (except colleges and universities) in Hokkaido. Public elementary and junior high schools (except Hokkaido Noboribetsu Akebi Secondary School and schools attached to Hokkaido University of Education) are operated by municipalities, and public high schools are operated by either the prefectural board or municipalities.Hokkaido has 37 universities (7 national, 5 local public, and 25 private universities), 34 junior colleges, and 5 colleges of technology (4 national and 1 local public colleges). National universities located in Hokkaido are: Hokkaido University (former Sapporo Agricultural College)
Sports
The 1972 Winter Olympics were held in Sapporo.The sports teams listed below are based in Hokkaido.
Association football
Baseball
Ice Hockey
Basketball
Friendship partners
Hokkaido has relationships with several provinces, states, and other entities worldwide. Alberta, Canada, since 1980 Heilongjiang, People's Republic of China, since 1980 Massachusetts, United States of America, since 1988 Sakhalin Oblast, Russia, since 1998 Busan, South Korea, since 2005 Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea, since 2006As of July 2008, 73 individual municipalities in Hokkaido have sister city agreements with 111 cities in 19 different countries worldwide.
See also
Notes
References
External links
Hokkaido Official Website
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Hokkaido University Festival 2011 english
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Hokkaido University Festival 2011 english
tsunagaruconsulting.com Hokkaido Uni. This Festiaval was held from June 2 to 5. Many people, even tourists come to this festival every year. Basically it's Japanese event, so you can enjoy food there. An interesting thing is exchange st...
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