Hokkaido

[ hawk-kahy-daw; English ho-kahy-doh ]

noun

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

Hokkaido

/ 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)

Example Sentences

Her mother, Tamaki, was born there, too, and grew up in a coastal town on the northern island of Hokkaido, but went to school in Sapporo, the island’s capital city.

From TruthBeTold.news

His lightly pickled wild sardines, served sashimi style, are from Hokkaido, Japan, noted for the freshness of its seafood.

From Washington Post

Ayaka says that she and her boyfriend were afraid of walking around Hokkaido with their suitcases for fear of encountering “quarantine vigilantes.”

From Time

Several events will be held outside of Tokyo, like the marathon races and soccer games, which will take place more than 500 miles north of the capital on the island of Hokkaido.

From Time

Nikkei Asia reported three couples — two male and one female — in Hokkaido tried to register their marriages in 2019, but local officials turned them away.

From Washington Blade

We flew into Tokyo, and then on to Sapporo on the island of Hokkaido.

From The Daily Beast

Last night, on March 16, I learned that the Japanese Self Defense Force from Hokkaido had just left for the Tohoku area.

From The Daily Beast

They insisted on giving me two whole sets of maps of Hokkaido, though I only needed the sheets of quite a small district.

From Project Gutenberg

Dr. Y——, one of the geologists from the Survey, visited me and we spent some time discussing the beds of Hokkaido.

From Project Gutenberg

"Even in Hokkaido," Dr. Sato notes, "the average area per family is only 7½ acres."

From Project Gutenberg

Boats came from Hokkaido and stole cattle from the prefecture to the number of a hundred a year.

From Project Gutenberg

Many members of the "special tribes" go to Hokkaido and there pass into the general body of the population.

From Project Gutenberg