Overview

On the Northern tip of Japan. Many European and North American major cities are in the same latitude as Hokkaido. Hokkaido is surrounded by the Pacific ocean, the Japan sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. Hokkaido is the biggest prefecture in Japan. Its' extensive land, cold winter and comfortable summer attracts many people.

We can divide Hokkaido into 4 large sections.
The followings are the branch government offices for those 4 areas.

• Do-o: Ishikari, Sorachi, Iburi, Hidaka, Shiribeshi (Sapporo, Otaru, Niseko)
• Do-nan: Oshima, Hiyama
• Do-hoku: Kamikawa, Rumoi, Soya
• Doto: Abashiri, Tokachi, Kushiro, Nemuro

We basically do not use "West".

• Douhoku
  Area

  The Northern tip of Hokkaido is sandwiched between the Japan sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. You can enjoy Hokkaido's unlimited beautiful nature in Furano, Biei, Asahikawa and other cities.

• Douou
  Area

  Consists of 30% of Hokkaido including the cities of Sapporo, Otaru and Hidaka.

• Doutou
  Area

  The East side of Hokkaido is a large area containing many major cities such as Kushiro, Obihiro, Kitami and Nemuro. The city of Shiretoko is a registered world natural heritage site, and has many wild animals.

• Dounan
  Area

  The Do-nan area was developed as the gateway to Hokkaido from the sea. The Hokkaido Shinkansen line starts from here. It has many historical buildings with Japanese convined with foreign style architecture that will welcome you. Very popular sites including city of Hakodate.