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Map of Japan with the island of Hokkaidō highlighted in brown
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Sōunkyō, a gorge in the Daisetsu-zan Volcanic Area.
Satellite image of Hokkaido, Japan in May 2001
A Satellite image of Hokkaido
This page is about the island of Hokkaidō. For the prefecture, see Hokkaidō Prefecture. For the region, see Hokkaidō region.

Hokkaidō (北海道, Hokkaidō), also known as Ezo and Yezo, is a volcanic island in Japan. It is the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.

Hokkaidō Prefecture covers the entire island.

About 5,500,000 live on the island. It is north of Honshu. It is the second largest Japanese island. It has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb in the Köppen climate classification) with cold snowy winters and warm to hot summers.

Agriculture is an important part of the island's economy.

Regions

Hokkaidō region is one of Japan's traditional geographic regions.

The region covers the entire island. The island and the region have been called Hokkaidō since 1869.

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Images for kids

  • Former government office, Hokkaido

    Former Hokkaidō Government Office in Chūō-ku, Sapporo

  • Palace reception near Hakodate in 1751. Ainu bringing gifts

    Palace reception near Hakodate in 1751. Ainu bringing gifts (cf. omusha)

  • Samurai and Ainu Fuzoku Ema

    The samurai and the Ainu, c. 1775

  • Matumae Takahiro

    Matsumae Takahiro, a Matsumae lord of the late Edo period (December 10, 1829 – June 9, 1866)

  • Ainu old man circa 1930

    The Ainu, Hokkaidō's indigenous people

  • Large map of Hokkaido within Japan

    Map of Hokkaido showing the subprefectures and the primary cities

  • Satellite image of Hokkaido, Japan in January 2003

    Satellite image of Hokkaidō in winter

  • Hokkaido Season Winter Summer 2008

    Hokkaido in winter and summer

  • Sapporo at Night (HOKKAIDO-JAPAN) (2374185648)

    Sapporo, Hokkaidō's largest city.

  • Tokachi plain 01

    Large farm of Tokachi plain

  • Nakafurano 02

    Farm Tomita in Nakafurano

  • JRH H5 H2 JRE E5 U14 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station north 20160406

    Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station on the Hokkaido Shinkansen

  • Chobonaino Dogu.Hokkaido. Late Jōmon

    Hollow Dogū, the only National Treasure on the island (Hakodate Jōmon Culture Center)

  • Sapporo Dome01

    Sapporo Dome in Sapporo.

  • Hokkaido-Japan-ISS-Space

    Hokkaido seen from the International Space Station

  • Spring Bloom Colors the Pacific Near Hokkaido

    The Oyashio Current colliding with the Kuroshio Current off the coast of Hokkaido. When two currents collide, they create eddies. Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated along the boundaries of these eddies, tracing out the motions of the water.

  • Kottaro situgen 2009

    Overview of Kushiro Wetland

  • Lake Akan and Mount Oakan - 2005

    Lake Akan and Mount Meakan

  • Image-2008 Lake Masshu

    View of Lake Mashū

  • Lake Shikotsu17n4272

    Lake Shikotsu

  • Asahibashi Bridge and Mt. Daisetsuzan Range

    Asahikawa

  • Nusamai-Bridge

    Kushiro

  • ObihiroMainSummer

    Obihiro

  • 春光町から北見市中心部方向 - panoramio

    Kitami

  • Hokkaido-prefectural-road R6 central-Iwamizawa

    Iwamizawa

  • Abashiri River09n

    Abashiri

  • Wakkanai station001

    Wakkanai

  • Hokkaido pref road No35 Nosappu Cape

    Nemuro

  • Rumoi city nightview

    Rumoi

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Hokkaidō para niños

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