Hokkaido became equal with other prefectures in 1947, when the revised Local Autonomy Law became effective.

*** Furano High School, Hokkaido Furano Ryokuho High School

* A monument marking the exact geographic center of Hokkaido is located in the playground of Furano Nishi Junior High School.

* Hokkaido Nemuro High School

* Hokkaido Nemuro Nishi High School

After graduating from the Otaru School of Higher Learning, which is the current Otaru University of Commerce, he worked at the Otaru branch of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank.

The main Sapporo campus is located just north of Sapporo Station, and holds every programs available in Hokkaido University except its Faculty of Fisheries Science, and also Graduate School of Fisheries Science.

In an experiment conducted by the Department of Neurosurgery at Hokkaido University School of Medicine in Sapporo, Japan, Scientists proposed that the origin of mirror writing comes from damage caused through accidental brain damage or neurological diseases, such as an essential tremor, Parkinson ’ s disease, or spino-cerebellar degeneration.

While attending Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School, Kon aspired to become an animator.

Due to Japanese perception that the Type 90 is unsuited for operations in the limited confines of urban areas in Japan, Type 90 tanks are preferentially assigned to the JGSDF Fuji School Brigade and the 7th Armored Division based in Hokkaido where there is sufficient room for maneuver.

Hokkaido International School opened a Niseko Campus in the center of Niseko Town on the 23rd of January 2012.

Hokkaido Bifuka High School is located there.

Saroma High School ( grades 10-12 ) is managed by Hokkaido Prefecture.

* Hokkaido Takinoue High School

: Shimizu High School, Hokkaido ( prefectural )

: High school of arts, Hokkaido Shimizu High School

They defeated Niigata Prefectural Shibata Agricultural High School, whose battery consisted of right-hander Togashi Kazuhiro ( who later played for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ) and catcher Ken Katoh ( currently with the Yomiuri Giants ), in their first game.

In addition to this, the land the Ainu lived on was distributed to the Wajin who had decided to move to Hokkaido, who had been encouraged by the Japanese government of the Meiji era to take advantage of the island ’ s abundance of natural resources, and to create and maintain farms in the model of western industrial agriculture.

In another study, ancient DNA recovered from 16 Jomon skeletons excavated from Funadomari site, Hokkaido, Japan was analyzed to elucidate the genealogy of the early settlers of the Japanese archipelago.

The island of Hokkaido was known to the Ainu as Ainu Moshir, and was formally annexed by the Japanese at the late date of 1868, partly as a means of preventing the intrusion of the Russians, and partly for imperialist reasons.

The last known deportation of Ainu to Japan occurred in 1982, when Keizo Nakamura, a full blooded Northern Kurils Ainu was deported to Hokkaido after serving 15 years hard labor in the province of Magadan.

Many of the Ainu dialects, even from one end of Hokkaido to the other, were not mutually intelligible ; however, the classic Ainu language of the Yukar, or Ainu epic stories, was understood by all.

This uniquely Japanese ramen, which was developed in Hokkaido, features a broth that combines copious amounts of miso and is blended with oily chicken or fish broth – and sometimes with tonkotsu or lard – to create a thick, nutty, slightly sweet and very hearty soup.

The Dutch captain, however, was not aware of their being on an island, and 17th century maps usually showed these points — and often Hokkaido, too — as parts of the mainland.

Hokkaido was settled by Ainu, Nivkh, and Orok 20, 000 years ago.

One of the places Hirafu went to was called Watarishima (), which is often believed to be present-day Hokkaido.

Hokkaido was known as Ezochi until the Meiji Restoration.

After 1869, the northern Japanese island was known as Hokkaido ; and regional subdivisions were established, including the provinces of Oshima, Shiribeshi, Iburi, Ishikari, Teshio, Kitami, Hidaka, Tokachi, Kushiro, Nemuro and Chishima.

The primary purpose of the development commission was to secure Hokkaido before the Russians extended their control of the Far East beyond Vladivostok.

In 1882, the Development Commission was abolished, and Hokkaido was separated into three prefectures,,, and.

In 1886, the three prefectures were abolished, and Hokkaido was put under the.

The Agency was absorbed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2001. and the of the Ministry still have a strong influence on public construction projects in Hokkaido.

However, the Ainu people did have a name for all of their domain, which included Hokkaido along with the Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, and parts of northern Honshu, which was Ainu Mosir (), a name taken by the modern Ainu to refer to their traditional homeland.

The record transfer amount was broken in 2012 when Yu Darvish signed a six-year, $ 60 million contract with the Texas Rangers, who had paid a $ 51. 7 million posting fee to the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

The System was proved successful when Pacific League's team continues to win the Japan Series in the following two seasons, until this playoff system was applied to both leagues as the " Climax Series " starting in 2007, which Chunichi Dragons from Central League beat Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from Pacific League in Japan Series.

Laminaria japonica, the important commercial seaweed, was first introduced into China in the late 1920s from Hokkaido, Japan.

Supported by the deciduous forests and an abundance of seafood, the population was concentrated in central and northern Honshu, but Jōmon sites range from Hokkaido to the Ryukyu Islands.

In the far north of the country, the island of Hokkaido was inhabited by Ainu villagers and Japanese settlers.

This set of recommendations, endorsed by a global group of CEOs, was presented to leaders ahead of the G8 Summit in Toyako / Hokkaido held in July 2008.

In another ranking, Japanese prep school Kawaijuku ranked Hokkaido as the 9th best university in Japan.

In 2011, QS World University Rankings ranked Hokkaido University 139th in the world.

In 2012, Hokkaido University was ranked overall as 23rd best university in Asia by QS Asian University Rankings.

The 2012, QS World University Rankings ranked Hokkaido University one place higher than previous year at 138th in the world.

It also has a good research standard in Economics, as RePec ranked Hokkaido as the 16th best Economics research university in Jan 2011.

Eduniversal ranked Hokkaido as 2nd in the rankings of " Excellent Business Schools nationally strong and / or with continental links " in Japan.