Hokkaido
Northernmost Japanese island, former Ainu homeland, now a prefecture.
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Where it is
Coordinates: 43°00′00″N 142°00′00″E (43.0000, 142.0000) · Open in OpenStreetMap
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Hokkaido is the second-largest and northernmost of Japan's four main islands, and together with its surrounding islands it forms the largest and northernmost prefecture.[1] Hokkaido is separated from Honshu by the Tsugaru Strait.[1] The names Ezo, Ezochi, and Ezogashima were all used historically for Hokkaido.[2]
Geography and history
Hokkaido is separated from Sakhalin by La Pérouse Strait and from Kunashir Island by Nemuro Strait.[3] Hokkaido is Japan's coldest region, with relatively cool summers and icy, snowy winters.[4] Roughly two thousand years in the past, Yayoi people settled on the island, causing a widespread transition toward farming.[5] After the Meiji Restoration in 1869, Japan annexed the whole island, colonized it, and gave it the name Hokkaido.[2]
The Ainu were stripped of their lands by Japanese settlers and compelled to integrate into Japanese society.[2] Hokkaido attained the status of a full prefecture in 1947.[6]
What the cited sources add
The same article notes that the Hokkaido Railway Company cancelled at least 40 train services in eastern Hokkaido over derailment concerns due to extreme heat.[7] A 36-year-old amateur golfer died after collapsing during a tournament in Hokkaido's Shimizu town during that heat wave.[7]
References
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), 22 August 2015 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaidō" in; Siripala 2020, p. 36–37; Seaton, "Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History", 2017; {{bulleted list| | | | }}; "University of Hawaiʻi Press - Manifold"; "How the Sharing of Ainu Culture Became One Man's Lifework｜Features｜HOKKAIDO LOVE! -Hokkaido Official Tourism Site", 15 July 2023; "Recent History of the Ainu", Hokkaido Museum; Seaton, "Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History", 2017; Jolliffe 2020; Cobb, "Japan's forgotten indigenous people", BBC Travel, 20 May 2020; Honna, "Language en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hokkaidō" in (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sim, "Hokkaidō sizzling in temperatures up to 39.5 deg C as unseasonal heat wave grips Japan", The Straits Times, 26 May 2019 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A Journey into the culture and history of Hokkaidō.", hkd.mlit.go.jp (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Hokkaido" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: kotobank.com; kotobank.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Sim, "Hokkaidō sizzling in temperatures up to 39.5 deg C as unseasonal heat wave grips Japan", The Straits Times, 26 May 2019. facts only, no text reused. straitstimes.com
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Hokkaido (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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