Hokkaido is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
Hokkaido Air System Co., Ltd., or HAC, is a regional airline that operates scheduled services in Hokkaidō and Aomori Prefecture, Japan from a main base of operations at Okadama Airport in Higashi-ku, Sapporo. It is a private company controlled by Japan Airlines, with 86 employees as of July 2018.
The Hokkaido Shimbun, which is often abbreviated as Doshin, is a Japanese language daily newspaper published mainly in Hokkaidō, Japan by The Hokkaido Shimbun Press. As of June 2022, its morning edition has a circulation of 840,000. It was first published in Sapporo in 1887.
The Hokkaido Utari Association is an umbrella group of which most Hokkaidō Ainu and some other Ainu are members. Originally controlled by the government with the intention of speeding Ainu assimilation and integration into the Japanese nation state, it now operates independently of the government and is run exclusively by Ainu.
The Hokkaido Shinkansen is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that links up with the Tōhoku Shinkansen in northern Aomori Prefecture in Honshu and continues on into the interior of Hokkaido through the undersea Seikan Tunnel. Construction started in May 2005; the initial Shin-Aomori to Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto section opened on 26 March 2016. The section of the line to Sapporo is scheduled to open by fiscal year 2030. The line is operated by the Hokkaido Railway Company.
Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo is a Japanese professional football club based in Sapporo, on the island of Hokkaido. They currently play in the J1 League, which is the top tier of football in the country.
Dahinien Gendānu, also Daxinnieni Geldanu, was an Uilta activist from Sakhalin.
Hokkaidō 5th district is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It consists of Atsubetsu ward and a portion of Shiroishi ward in Hokkaido's city of Sapporo and Ishikari Subprefecture excluding Sapporo and Ishikari city. As of 2009, 453,752 eligible voters were registered in the district.
Hokkaidō 1st district is a single-member constituency of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet of Japan. It is located in Sapporo, the prefectural capital of Hokkaido. In 2017, its border were redrawn and it now consists of Sapporo's Chūō ("Centre") and Minami ("South") wards, a portion of Nishi ("West") ward as well as a small part of Kita ("North") ward.
Espolada Hokkaido (エスポラーダ北海道) is a Japanese professional futsal club, currently playing in the F. League Division 1. The team is located in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
The Hokkaido characters, also known as Aino characters or Ainu characters, are a set of characters discovered around 1886 on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. At the time of their discovery, they were believed to be a genuine script, but this view is not generally supported today.
Hokkaidō 2nd district is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Sapporo, the prefectural capital of Hokkaido and consists of the Higashi ("East") ward and most of the Kita ("North") ward.
The South Hokkaido Railway Company is a third-sector railway company based in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
Tadahiko Mibuchi was the first Chief Justice of Japan (1947–1950).
Hokkaidō 3rd district is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It is located in Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido, and consists of the wards of Toyohira, and Kiyota and most of Shiroishi ward.
Hokkaidō 4th district (北海道[第]4区) is a single-member electoral district for the House of Representatives, the lower house of the National Diet of Japan. It represents Shiribeshi Subprefecture of Hokkaido as well as Teine Ward, a portion of Nishi Ward of Sapporo city and Ishikari city.
The site of Yafurai-date in Hokuto, Hokkaidō, Japan, is the grounds once occupied by the castle or fortified residence of Yafurai. Recent excavations have unearthed ceramics and other finds that help locate the site within Muromachi-period long-distance trade networks.
Nikkan Gendai (日刊ゲンダイ) is a tabloid-sized evening newspaper published Nikkan Gendai Co., Ltd., a publisher belonging to the Otowa Group centered on Kodansha, and is a member of the Japan Magazine Publishers Association, an industry group of magazine publishers.
Expo Hokkaido '82 was an exhibition in Japan held at Tsukisamu Dome and outside fairgrounds, from June 12 - August 22, 1982.
