I fully intend to go to some of the smaller islands the next time I can afford to go to Japan. I’ve been to Tokyo and Osaka so far, so the next trip will have a week either in Sapporo or on Kyushu.
I was initially planning on Sapporo this trip, but then found out that a lot of Hokkaido architecture is less traditionally Japanese since it’s the most recently populated and developed main island, but it still sounds great for all the natural beauty. I’ll likely go to Hokkaido or Kyushu next time, good choices. I don’t know anything about Kyushu, but being part of Japan, it’s got to also be great.
Yea, the Ainu and their ancestors… Lemme check, I was just reading about them. Emishi. And then their ancestors can be definitively traced back to about 35000 BCE right now, a bunch of islanders likely from mainland East Asia.
Sapporo itself was only built in 1870s ish, so as a modern city so recently colonized by Japan, apparently it’s a lot more European boxy-looking rather than tiles and sloping roofs everywhere. Still looks like a cool city, very different architecture than much of the rest of Japan.
Great statistic from wikivoyage: “Sapporo’s population has grown from seven in 1857 to nearly 2 million in 2021.”
Heck yeah we are!
That’s actually making me wonder now if I walked to any of the tiny close islands connected to shore during earlier trips.
I fully intend to go to some of the smaller islands the next time I can afford to go to Japan. I’ve been to Tokyo and Osaka so far, so the next trip will have a week either in Sapporo or on Kyushu.
I was initially planning on Sapporo this trip, but then found out that a lot of Hokkaido architecture is less traditionally Japanese since it’s the most recently populated and developed main island, but it still sounds great for all the natural beauty. I’ll likely go to Hokkaido or Kyushu next time, good choices. I don’t know anything about Kyushu, but being part of Japan, it’s got to also be great.
I mean, there were people on Hokkaido before the Japanese colonized it.
Yea, the Ainu and their ancestors… Lemme check, I was just reading about them. Emishi. And then their ancestors can be definitively traced back to about 35000 BCE right now, a bunch of islanders likely from mainland East Asia.
Sapporo itself was only built in 1870s ish, so as a modern city so recently colonized by Japan, apparently it’s a lot more European boxy-looking rather than tiles and sloping roofs everywhere. Still looks like a cool city, very different architecture than much of the rest of Japan.
Great statistic from wikivoyage: “Sapporo’s population has grown from seven in 1857 to nearly 2 million in 2021.”