Hokkaido is on the edge of north part of Japan. Since it located near to north polar, the polar climate influence this region. During December and January, snow fall everywhere and cover land up to 3 or 4 meter high. However, road and other public facilities is keep out from snow by snow extruded machine. During spring and summer this region has famous agricultural product including vegetable and fruit.

We visited Hokkaido on January 2005 and share the photo in this album