Hokkaidō
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Hokkaidō (北海道, Hokkaidō), also known as Ezo and Yezo, is a volcanic island in Japan. It is the northernmost of Japan's four main islands.[1]
Hokkaidō Prefecture covers the entire island.[2]
About 5,224,614 people live on the island. [3]It is north of Honshu. It is the second largest Japanese island.[4] It has a humid continental climate (Dfa/Dfb in the Köppen climate classification) with cold snowy winters and warm to hot summers.
Agriculture is an important part of the island's economy.
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Hokkaidō region is one of Japan's traditional geographic regions.[5]
The region covers the entire island.[1] The island and the region have been called Hokkaidō since 1869.[4]
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