Hokkaido

[hawk-kahy-daw, ho-kahy-doh]

noun

1. a large island in northern Japan. 30,303 sq. mi. (78,485 sq. km).

Hokkaido

/ hɒˈkaɪdəʊ /

noun

1. 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)

Example Sentences

The couple, who live in San Diego, had been following the career of Ohtani since he played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in the Japanese professional baseball league.

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As a teenager in Japan, he chose to join the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters because they promised to let him develop as a two-way player in the face of widespread skepticism.

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Seven people have died since April - the highest since 2006 when data was first recorded - with fatalities mostly in north-eastern regions and the northern prefecture of Hokkaido.

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Some have been sheltering on top of buildings in the city of Hokkaido.

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A farmer in southwestern Hokkaido named Noboru Ohtaka came up with the idea for a so-called “ion bath” after stepping on a sawdust enzyme fertilizer he’d developed and noticing it felt pleasant.

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