There are two main ways to explore Hokkaido: by train or by car. The most popular rail option is the train service for Hokkaido sightseeing is JR Hokkaido, which connects major tourist spots across ...

The YOSAKOI Soran Festival is a harbinger of early summer in Sapporo, inspired by the powerful Yosakoi dance witnessed by Hokkaido University students in Kochi. They brought a similar event to Sapporo ...

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A pair of Yubari melons, the so-called king of Hokkaido’s summer fruit, were purchased for ¥1 million in this year’s first auction at the Sapporo Central Wholesale Market in Sapporo on Monday. This ...

H Houzen at Obihiro Kosei General Hospital in Hokkaido, Japan; W Ingram at Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth, UK; J Kurtzke at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, USA; C-H Lai at Changhua ...