Kitami
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Kitami is a city in Okhotsk Subprefecture, Hokkaido, Japan. It is the most populous city and the commercial center in the subprefecture, although the subprefecture capital is Abashiri.
Clockwise from top: Kitami Mint Memorial Museum, ADVICS TOKORO CURLING HALL, Street in Onneyu area, Kitami BBQ Festival in February, NORTHERN ARC RESORT, Pierson Memorial Museum
Wakka Nature Center
Downtown of the City
An Aeon's retail store in Kitami
Hokkaido
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Hokkaido is the second-largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
Satellite image of Hokkaido by Terra, May 2001
Former Hokkaidō Government Office in Chūō-ku, Sapporo
The samurai and the Ainu, c. 1775
Matsumae Takahiro, a Matsumae lord of the late Edo period (December 10, 1829 – June 9, 1866)