Japanese Culture

Hokkaido Island is located at the north end of Japan, near Russia, and has coastlines on the Sea of Japan, the sea of Okhotsk, and the Pacific Ocean. the Capital is Sapporo city, Population 5,702,131, it means 4.4% of Japanese are located in Hokkaido. That number includes the Ainu people, which is around 23,830 people.
Hokkaido’s weather is pretty cold and snowy. In the winter the average January weather is -12 degrees C to -4 degrees C and cool in the summer the average in Augustis 22 degrees C.
Japan is 377,812 square km and Hokkaido is 83452 square km, it’s like 22% of Japan.
Hokkaido is almost same size as South Korea.

There are many volcanoes in Hokkaido.
The most famous volcano is Showa shinzan. Accompanied by earthquakes, the mountain suddenly rose from a flat wheat field to its current height of 290 meters between 1943 and 1945. According to the contemporary reign of Emperor Showa (1926-1989), the mountain was named "Showa New Mountain". Still venting sulfurous fumes today, Showa Shinzan stands directly next to Mount Usu, which bears responsibility for the new mountain's birth. You can get good views of the young volcano by taking the Usuzan Ropeway.
There are many lakes too in Hokkaido. The most famous lake is Mashu lake. Mashu Lake is a lake formed in the caldera of a dormant volcano. It is located in Akan National Park on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. Mashu is famous for the clarity of its water, and the fog that envelops its surface. If you visit Mashu lake and you can see the lake clearly, you will married late. That’s a superstition.
Goryokaku is famous place to visit for sight seeing. Goryokaku fort, a special histrical site at Hakodate City of Hokkaido, was Japan's first and largest Western-style fort. It was built in 1866 to house government offices for the administration in Hakodate and to deal with commerce and foreign affairs related to the port of Hakodate that opened to international trade in 1859.
The Sapporo Snow Festival, one of Japan's largest winter events, attracts a growing number of visitors from Japan and abroad every year.Every winter, about two million people come to Sapporo to see the hundreds of beautiful snow statues and ice sculptures which line Odori Park,the grounds at Satoland, and the main street in Susukino.For seven days in February,these statues and sculptures(both large and small) turn Sapporo into a winter dreamland of crystal-like ice and white snow.The Snow Festival began in 1950, when local high school students built six snow statues in Odori Park. in 1955, the Self-Defense Force joined in and built the very first massive snow sculpture, for which the Snow Festival has become famous for now. The Festival has grown from these humble beginnings to become one of the biggest and most well known of Hokkaido's winter events.The Snow Festival is considered to be a festival of international-caliber.
There are a lot of farms throughout Hokkaido. Therefore, Milk, cheese, ice cream and butter from Hokkaido is really popular and taste good. In Supporo, we can see Noodle town. There are many Ramen(noodle) shop on the street. You can eat really delicious Hokkaido noodle. Also, Hokkaido is near the sea, so you can eat fresh seafood at the restaurant.
Hokkaido is a really fun place where you can see lots of sights, and eat good food. In addition, Hokkaido still has a rich natural environment too. You can relax if you visit there.