Hokkaido【H】 Hokkaido is the northernmost area and island of Japan. Compared to places like Tokyo and Kyoto, summers here are cool, while winters are very cold with lots of snow. On the Sea of Japan side especially,…

Dosanko【D】 The word "Dosanko," which is also in this blog's title, originally referred to a breed of horse from Hokkaido. But nowadays, it's mostly used to describe people or things from Hokkaido. It’s not a special dialect,…