Hokkaido
Hokkaido is the northernmost of Japan's four main islands. With both size and population similar to Scotland, it is the most sparsely populated part of Japan.
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Sapporo
Sapporo is the capital and largest city of the northern island of Hokkaido. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.Hakodate
Hakodate is a city and port located in Oshima Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: J o, CC BY-SA 3.0.Central Circuit
The Central Circuit covers the western and central parts of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.Asahikawa
Asahikawa is the second-largest city on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan. Photo: Midori, CC BY 3.0.Destinations
Eastern Circuit
The Eastern Circuit covers the eastern half of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Photo: 663highland, CC BY-SA 3.0.Northern Circuit
The Northern Circuit covers the northern and inner part of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Photo: Chi King, CC BY 2.0.Southern Circuit
The Southern Circuit covers the western and central parts of the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.Hokkaido
Latitude of center 43.5167° or 43° 31' 0.1" north | Longitude of center 142.4487° or 142° 26' 55.4" east |
Population 5,500,000 | Elevation 286 metres (938 feet) |
GeoNames ID 11257417 |
Also Known As
- Achinese: Hokkaido
- Achinese: Pulo Hokkaido
- Afrikaans: Hokkaido
- Afrikaans: Hokkaidō
- Albanian: Hokaido
- Albanian: Hokkaidō
- Amharic: ሆካይዶ
- Arabic: Hokkaido
- Arabic: محافظة هوكايدو
- Arabic: منطقة هوكايدو
- Arabic: هوكايدو
- Armenian: Հոկայդո
- Assamese: হোক্কাইডো
- Asturian: Hokkaidō
- Azerbaijani: Hokkaido
- Azerbaijani: Hokkaydo
- Bashkir: Хоккайдо
- Basque: Hokaido
- Basque: Hokkaido
- Basque: Hokkaidō
- Bavarian: Hokkaido
- Belarusian: Хакайда
- Belarusian: востраў Хакайда
- Bengali: হোক্কাইদো
- Bosnian: Hokaido
- Bosnian: Hokkaido
- Breton: Hokkaido
- Breton: Hokkaidō
- Bulgarian: Билк
- Bulgarian: Хокайдо
- Burmese: ဟော့ကိုင်းဒိုးကျွန်း
- Catalan: Ezo
- Catalan: Hokkai-dō
- Catalan: Hokkaido
- Catalan: Hokkaidō
- Catalan: Mosir
- Catalan: 北海道
- Cebuano: Hokkaido
- Central Kurdish: ناوچەی ھۆکایدۆ
- Central Kurdish: ھۆکایدۆ
- Chinese: Hokkaidô
- Chinese: 北海道
- Chinese: 北海道地區
- Chinese: 北海道地方
- Chinese: 北海道岛
- Chinese: 北海道島
- Chinese: 虾夷岛
- Croatian: Hokkaido
- Croatian: Hokkaidō
- Czech: Hokkaido
- Czech: Hokkaidó
- Czech: Hokkaidō
- Danish: Hokkaido
- Danish: Hokkaidō
- Dutch: Hokkaido
- Dutch: Hokkaidō
- English: Ainu Moshiri
- English: Hokkaido Island
- English: Hokkaidō
- English: Hokkaidō Island
- Esperanto: Gubernio Hokkajdo
- Esperanto: Gubernio Hokkajdó
- Esperanto: Guvernio Hokajdo
- Esperanto: Hokajdo
- Esperanto: Hokkaido
- Esperanto: Hokkaidó
- Esperanto: Hokkaidō
- Esperanto: Hokkajdo
- Esperanto: Hokkajdó
- Estonian: Hokkaido
- Estonian: Hokkaidō
- Faroese: Hokkaido
- Finnish: Hokkaido
- Finnish: Hokkaidō
- Finnish: Mosir
- French: Hokkaido
- French: Hokkaidou
- French: Hokkaidô
- French: Hokkaidō
- French: Hokkaïdo
- French: Hokkaïdô
- French: Yeso
- French: Île d'Hokkaido
- Galician: Hokkaido
- Galician: Rexión de Hokkaido
- Georgian: ჰოკაიდო
- German: Dosanko
- German: Ezo-ga-shima
- German: Ezochi
- German: Ezogashima
- German: Hokkaido
- German: Hokkaidō
- German: Mosir
- German: 北海道
- Greek: Χοκάιντο
- Greek: Χοκκάιντō
- Greek: Χοκκάιντο
- Gujarati: હોકૈડો
- Hakka Chinese: Pet-hói-tho
- Hausa: Hokkaido
- Hausa: Hokkaidō
- Hawaiian: Hokkaido
- Hebrew: הוקאידו
- Hindi: होकैडो
- Hindi: होक्काइडो
- Hindi: होक्काइदो
- Hindi: होक्काइदो द्वीप
- Hungarian: Hokkaido
- Hungarian: Hokkaidó
- Icelandic: Hokkaido
- Icelandic: Hokkaidō
- Icelandic: Hokkaídó
- Ido: Hokkaido
- Iloko: Ezo
- Iloko: Hokkaido
- Iloko: Yeso
- Iloko: Yesso
- Iloko: Yezo
- Indonesian: Hokkaidō
- Interlingue: Hokkaidō
- Irish: Hokkaido
- Irish: Hokkaidō
- Italian: Hokkaido
- Italian: Hokkaidō
- Italian: Isola di Hokkaido
- Italian: Isola di Hokkaidō
- Japanese: 北海道
- Japanese: 北海道島
- Javanese: Hokkaido
- Kannada: ಹೊಕೈಡೋ
- Kazakh: Хоккайдо
- Khmer: តំបន់ហុកកៃដូ
- Kirghiz: Хоккайдо
- Korean: 북해도
- Korean: 호까이도
- Korean: 호까이도오
- Korean: 혹가이도
- Korean: 혹까이도
- Korean: 홋까이도
- Korean: 홋카이도
- Korean: 홋카이도 섬
- Korean: 홋카이도 지방
- Korean: 홋카이섬
- Korean: 훗카이도
- Korean: 흣카이도
- Kurdish: Hokkaidō
- Lao: Hokkaido
- Latin: Esonia
- Latin: Hokkaido
- Latvian: Hokaido
- Latvian: Hokkaido
- Literary Chinese: 北海道
- Lithuanian: Hokaidas
- Lithuanian: Hokaido
- Lithuanian: Hokaido regionas
- Lithuanian: Hokaido sala
- Lithuanian: Hokkaido
- Macedonian: Хокаидо
- Malay: Hokkaido
- Malay: Hokkaidō
- Malay: Kawasan Hokkaidō
- Malayalam: ഹൊക്കൈഡൊ
- Marathi: होक्काइडो
- Marathi: होक्काइदो
- Mazanderani: هوکایدو جزیره
- Min Dong Chinese: Báe̤k-hāi-dô̤
- Min Dong Chinese: Hokkaidō
- Min Nan Chinese: Hokkaido
- Min Nan Chinese: Hokkaidô
- Min Nan Chinese: Hokkaidō
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak-hái-tō
- Mingrelian: ჰოკაიდო
- Mongolian: Хоккайдо
- Moroccan Arabic: هوكّايدو
- Northern Frisian: Hokkaidō
- Norwegian: Hokkaido
- Norwegian Bokmål: Ezo
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hokaido
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hokkaido
- Norwegian Bokmål: Hokkaidō
- Norwegian Bokmål: Yezo
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Hokkaido
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Hokkaidō
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Mosir
- Norwegian Nynorsk: 北海道
- Novial: Hokkaido
- Occitan (post 1500): Hokkaido
- Occitan (post 1500): Hokkaidō
- Occitan (post 1500): Mosir
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Hokkaido
- Oriya: ହୋକାଇଦୋ
- Pampanga: Hokkaidō
- Panjabi: ਹੋੱਕਾਇਦੋ ਟਾਪੂ
- Persian: استان هوکایدو
- Persian: ناحیه هوکایدو
- Persian: هوکایدو
- Polish: Hokkaido
- Polish: Hokkaidō
- Portuguese: Ezo
- Portuguese: Hocaido
- Portuguese: Hokaido
- Portuguese: Hokkaido
- Portuguese: Hokkaidō
- Portuguese: Ilha de Hokkaido
- Portuguese: Região de Hokkaido
- Quechua: Hokkaido
- Romanian: Insula Hokkaidō
- Romansh: Hokkaido
- Romansh: Hokkaidō
- Russian: Hokkaido
- Russian: Ватарисима
- Russian: Иecco
- Russian: Иеддо
- Russian: Иедзо
- Russian: Иессо
- Russian: Мацумай
- Russian: Мацумая
- Russian: Хокайдо
- Russian: Хоккайдо
- Russian: Эдзо
- Russian: регион Хоккайдо
- Samogitian: Hokaids
- Samogitian: Huokaids
- Santali: ᱦᱳᱠᱠᱟᱭᱫᱳ
- Saterfriesisch: Hokkaido
- Saterfriesisch: Hokkaidō
- Saterfriesisch: Mosir
- Saterfriesisch: 北海道
- Scots: Hokkaido
- Scottish Gaelic: Hokkaidō
- Serbian: Језо
- Serbian: Префектура Хокаидо
- Serbian: Хокаидо
- Serbo-Croatian: Hokaido
- Serbo-Croatian: Hokkaido
- Serbo-Croatian: Hokkaidō
- Silesian: Hokkaido
- Sinhala: හොක්කයිඩෝ
- Slovak: Hokkaido
- Slovak: Hokkaidó
- Slovenian: Hokaido
- Slovenian: Hokkaido
- Slovenian: Hokkaidō
- Somali: Hokkaido
- South Azerbaijani: هوکایدو
- Spanish: Hokkaido
- Spanish: Hokkaido-
- Spanish: Hokkaido Japon
- Spanish: Hokkaido Japón
- Spanish: Hokkaidô
- Spanish: Hokkaidō
- Spanish: Hokkaidō Japon
- Spanish: Hokkaidō Japón
- Spanish: Mosir
- Spanish: Yeso
- Sundanese: Hokkaido
- Sundanese: Hokkaidō region
- Swahili: Hokkaido
- Swahili: Hokkaidō
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Hokkaido
- Swahili: Mkoa wa Hokkaidō
- Swedish: Ezochi
- Swedish: Ezoti
- Swedish: Hokkaido
- Swedish: Hokkaidou
- Swedish: Hokkaidō
- Swedish: Mosir
- Swedish: Yezo
- Tagalog: Hokkaido
- Tagalog: Hokkaidō
- Tajik: Хоккайдо
- Tamil: ஒக்கைடோ
- Tamil: ஹொக்கைடோ
- Tatar: Хоккайдо
- Telugu: హొక్కాయిడో
- Thai: Hokkaido
- Thai: จังหวัดฮกไกโด
- Thai: ฮกไกโด
- Thai: ฮอกไกโด
- Thai: เกาะฮกไกโด
- Thai: เกาะฮอกไกโด
- Tibetan: ཧོ་ཁའི་དོ་
- Tibetan: ཧོ་ཁའི་དོ།
- Tok Pisin: Hokkaido
- Turkish: Hokkaido
- Turkish: Hokkaidō
- Turkish: Hokkaidō prefektörlüğü
- Turkish: Hokkaydo
- Uighur: خوككايدو ئارىلى
- Ukrainian: Земля Едзо
- Ukrainian: Хокайдо
- Ukrainian: Хоккайдо
- Ukrainian: острів Едзо
- Ukrainian: острів Хоккайдо
- Upper Sorbian: Hokkaido
- Urdu: ہوکائیدو
- Uzbek: Xokkaydo
- Venetian: Hokkaidō
- Vietnamese: Bắc Hải Đạo
- Vietnamese: Hokkaido
- Vietnamese: Hokkaidō
- Vietnamese: Hô-cai-đô
- Vietnamese: Tỉnh Hokkaido
- Vietnamese: Vùng Hokkaido
- Vietnamese: Đảo Hokkaido
- Vietnamese: Đảo Hokkaidō
- Waray (Philippines): Hokkaido
- Waray (Philippines): Hokkaidō
- Welsh: Hokkaido
- Welsh: Hokkaidō
- Western Frisian: Hokkaido
- Western Panjabi: ہوکائیڈو
- Western Panjabi: ہوکیڈو
- Wu Chinese: 北海道
- Yiddish: האקיידא
- Yue Chinese: 北海道
- Yue Chinese: 北海道島
- Prefektur Hokkaido
- හොක්කයිදෝ
- ហុកកៃដូ
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