Hokkaido
a large island in northern Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).
- Formerly Ye·zo [Japanese ye-zaw] /Japanese ˈyɛ zɔ/ .
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How to use Hokkaido in a sentence
Her mother, Tamaki, was born there, too, and grew up in a coastal town on the northern island of Hokkaido, but went to school in Sapporo, the island’s capital city.
His lightly pickled wild sardines, served sashimi style, are from Hokkaido, Japan, noted for the freshness of its seafood.
Ayaka says that she and her boyfriend were afraid of walking around Hokkaido with their suitcases for fear of encountering “quarantine vigilantes.”
Japan's COVID-19 Strategy Relied on Trust. Holding the Olympics Shattered It at the Worst Possible Time | Mayako Shibata/Tokyo | August 6, 2021 | TimeSeveral events will be held outside of Tokyo, like the marathon races and soccer games, which will take place more than 500 miles north of the capital on the island of Hokkaido.
Japan Has a Plan to Protect the Olympics From COVID-19. But Can It Protect Itself From the Olympics? | Amy Gunia | July 9, 2021 | TimeNikkei Asia reported three couples — two male and one female — in Hokkaido tried to register their marriages in 2019, but local officials turned them away.
Japanese court rules country’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional | Philip Van Slooten | March 18, 2021 | Washington Blade
We flew into Tokyo, and then on to Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.
Olympians Dish on Their Favorite Spots to Ski & Snowboard | The Daily Beast | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLast night, on March 16, I learned that the Japanese Self Defense Force from Hokkaido had just left for the Tohoku area.
The Japanese Government's Appalling Earthquake Response | The Daily Beast | March 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTThey insisted on giving me two whole sets of maps of Hokkaido, though I only needed the sheets of quite a small district.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael StopesDr. Y——, one of the geologists from the Survey, visited me and we spent some time discussing the beds of Hokkaido.
A Journal from Japan | Marie Carmichael Stopes"Even in Hokkaido," Dr. Sato notes, "the average area per family is only 7½ acres."
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottBoats came from Hokkaido and stole cattle from the prefecture to the number of a hundred a year.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson ScottMany members of the "special tribes" go to Hokkaido and there pass into the general body of the population.
The Foundations of Japan | J.W. Robertson Scott
British Dictionary definitions for Hokkaido
/ (hɒˈkaɪdəʊ) /
the second largest and northernmost of the four main islands of Japan, separated from Honshu by the Tsugaru Strait and from the island of Sakhalin, Russia, by La Pérouse Strait: constitutes an autonomous administrative division. Capital: Sapporo. Pop: 5 670 000 (2002 est). Area: 78 508 sq km (30 312 sq miles)
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