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Hokkaido - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Hokkaido Template:Audio (北海道 Hokkaidō, literal meaning: "North Sea Route", Ainu: Mosir), formerly known as Ezo, is the second largest island and largest prefecture of Japan. |
 | | Image:Sounkyo1.jpg Image:Hokkaido satellite image.JPG Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the Sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean. |
 | | Image:Large map of Hokkaido within Japan.png Template:Seealso Hokkaidō is one of 8 prefectures in Japan that are divided into subprefectures (the others being Tokyo Prefecture, Yamagata Prefecture, Nagasaki Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture, Kagoshima Prefecture, Miyazaki Prefecture and Shimane Prefecture). |
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