The 1977 All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) ad “Dekkaido, Hokkaido!” (roughly “Hokkaido is huge!”) is true. Hokkaido makes up about a fifth of Japan’s land mass. Unlike the rest of Japan, with ...

KITA-HIROSHIMA, Hokkaido--F Village, a ballpark complex here that combines sports with other forms of entertainment, attracted nearly 3.5 million visitors in its inaugural year, far exceeding ...