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The second larges of the four main islands of Japan
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hokkaido
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hokkaido \Hok*kai"do\ (h[o^]k*k[imac]"d[=o]), prop. n. [Jap.] The northernmost of the main islands of Japan. Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.
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, formerly known as Ezo , Yezo , Yeso , or Yesso , is the second largest island of Japan , and the largest and northernmost prefecture . The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu , although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway ...
Usage examples of hokkaido.
On the ground Roger sees marmots on the boulders and volcanic knobs, and in the system of ravines cut into the plateau they find twisted stands of Hokkaido pine, chir pine and noctis juniper.
At once, as always, he had felt coarse and uncouth in contrast to her fragile perfection - like one of the wild, despised, barbaric Hairy Ainu tribesmen that once inhabited the land but were now driven to the far north, across the straits, to the unexplored island of Hokkaido.
The same is true of the Asian irruptive locus, with the North Siberian, Mongol, and Hokkaido groups most noteworthy, together with the isolate fractions flourishing in Tibet and Finland.
She could recall the winter in Hokkaido, where she was tested: to find sensei, who was living in the dense forest of pitch pines there.
The Kuril Islands are Russian territory, a string of islands that extends seven hundred and fifty miles from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula south to the northeastern corner of Hokkaido, the northernmost of the Japanese islands.