Hokkaido
About Hokkaido
Hokkaido is the second-largest and northernmost of Japan's four main islands. Together with its surrounding islands, it comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu. The two islands are connected by railway via the Seikan Tunnel.
On the show — 5 mentions total
Ainu is spoken by about 10 people in Hokkaido, Japan. Hindi is the most normal language, and that's spoken by, what, nearly a billion people.
from 278: No Such Thing As A Herring-Okapi Hybrid, 2019-07-19 at 00:20:09 · read transcript
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The thing is it's not their nearest team. If they played in the Japanese J-League, for instance, they're actually quite close to Hokkaido. Let's say all the plane stopped and they had to play either against someone like Krasnodar or someone around there or against Hokkaido, it would take them two days quicker to get to Hokkaido than it would take them to get to that part of Russia.
No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 · listen
If they played in the Japanese J-League, for instance, they're actually quite close to Hokkaido, so let's say all the planes stopped, and they had to play either against someone like Krasnodar, or someone around there, or against Hokkaido, it would take them two days quicker to get to Hokkaido than it would take them to get.
351: No Such Thing As Pop Charts for Bagpipers, 2020-12-11 · listen
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Coordinates: 43.0000, 142.0000