Hokkaido

American  

[hawk-kahy-daw, ho-kahy-doh] / ˈhɔk kaɪˈdɔ, hɒˈkaɪ doʊ /

noun

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

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Hokkaido British  

/ 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)

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Hokkaido

The podcast will recount Mizuhara’s life before he began working for Ohtani in 2013 when both were with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Brown bears -- which can weigh up to half a tonne and outrun a human -- are found only in the main northern island of Hokkaido.

From Barron's ● May 8, 2026

The study, led by researchers at Hokkaido University, was published in Science on April 23, 2026.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026

New research by scientists from Hokkaido University in Japan challenges the picture scientists had of ancient octopuses.

From BBC ● Apr. 23, 2026

Thereafter, pottery spread north, reaching the vicinity of modern Tokyo around 9,500 years ago and the northernmost island of Hokkaido by 7,000 years ago.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond