02 Japanese Culture

HOKKAIDO 北海道

Hokkaido is located in the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago and is at about the same latitude as major cities in the world such as Chicago, Montreal, London, Rome, and Munich. It covers an area of 83,457 km2, which is about 22.1% of Japan’s total land area. It is the largest of all prefectures, 39.7 times the size of Tokyo and equivalent to the area of Austria. Mountainous terrain accounts for almost half of the total land area, but compared to the rest of Japan, there are fewer mountains and slopes, and the land is more gently sloping. It is surrounded by three oceans: the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, and the Sea of Okhotsk. The Tsushima, Liman, Japan and Chishima Currents intersect each other, making it one of the world’s leading fishing grounds.

日本列島の中で、北海道は最北に位置し、シカゴ、モントリオール、ロンドン、ローマ、ミュンヘンなど世界の主要都市とほぼ同緯度にあります。面積は83,457km2で国土の約22.1%を占めています。都道府県の中では最も広く、東京都の39.7倍、オーストリア1国の面積に匹敵します。山地は全体のほぼ半分を占めますが、全国と比較すると山地や傾斜地が少なく、なだらかな土地が多いのが特徴です。周囲は、太平洋、日本海、オホーツク海の3つの海に囲まれており、対馬海流とリマン海流、日本海流と千島海流がそれぞれ交差しているため、世界有数の漁場となっています。

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