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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Hokkaido Prefecture
The Sea of Japan (In South Korea, it is known as East Sea and in North Korea as East Sea of Korea) is a marginal sea of the western Pacific Ocean, bound by the Japanese islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, and Kyushu and the Russian island of Sakhalin to the east...
Akan (阿寒郡; Akangun) is a district in the subprefecture of Kushiro in the prefecture of Hokkaido, Japan.
Hokkaido Prefecture (prefectural capital is Sapporo-shi) on the island of Hokkaido.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Hokkaido-Prefecture   (673 words)

  
 Prefectures of Japan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Hokkaido Prefecture" is, technically speaking, a redundant term, although it is occasionally used to differentiate the government from the island itself.
The largest and prefectural capital is Sapporo, the sixth largest city in Japan.
Karafuto, a portion of the island of Sakhalin north of Hokkaido (not shown on the map), was part of Japan from 1907 until World War II.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prefectures_of_Japan   (1297 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Sapporo, Hokkaido
Sapporo (札幌市; -shi) is the fifth-largest city in Japan and it is the capital of Hokkaido Prefecture.
Sapporo also hosts the popular annual Sapporo Snow Festival every February, famed for its ice sculpture competition.
Sapporo was declared a city on August 1, 1922 and was designated on April 1, 1972 by government ordinance, and is served by New Chitose Airport.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Sapporo   (201 words)

  
 Hokkaido
Hokkaido is one of the major fishing centers of the world.
Sapporo, Hakodate, and Otaru are the chief cities.
Ethnic Tourism in Hokkaido and the Shaping of Ainu Identity.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0823952.html   (506 words)

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