Traditional Japanese Cuisine with a Hokkaido Flavor
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12 Information FREE Rebun● Wakkanai ● www.hokkaido-pedia.jpwww.hokkaido-pedia.jp Rishiri ● HOKKAIDO Asahikawa Museum of Art ● China Southern Airlines 2011 Sarobetsu http://www.cs-air.jp/ http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.jp/hk-asamu/ Sakhalin Airlines Hospitals http://www.satairlines.ru/index.php ●Mombetsu Sapporo City General Hospital Eva Air http://www.city.sapporo.jp/city/english/index.html ●Abashiri Asahikawa ● http://www.evaair.com/html/b2c/english/ Hokkaido University Hospital Yoichi http://www.huhp.hokudai.ac.jp/english/med01.html 8 International Airport ● August Niseko ● ●Sapporo New Chitose Airport Sapporo Medical University Hospital http://web.sapmed.ac.jp/byoin/ Obihiro ● http://www.new-chitose-airport.jp/en/ Trains Library Hakodate ● JR Hokkaido Sapporo Chuo Library http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/index.html http://www.city.sapporo.jp/toshokan/english/english.html JR Information Desk Foreign Currency Exchange Information JR Sapporo Station West Exit (8:30 – 19:00) New Chitose Airport Station (8:30 – 19:00) North Pacific Bank Police http://www.hokuyobank.co.jp/ Buses 110 Hokkaido Bank Hokkaido Chuo Bus http://www.hokkaidobank.co.jp/service/foreigncash/ Emergency http://www.chuo-bus.co.jp/sightseeing.en/ index.html 119 Ferry Post Office Tourist Information Shin Nihonkai Ferry Sapporo Central Post Office http://www.snf.jp/pdf/english.pdf http://www.japanpost.jp/ Sapporo http://www.welcome.city.sapporo.jp/english/access/ Taiheiyo Ferry International Telephone information.html http://www.taiheiyo-ferry.co.jp/english/index.html http://hokkaido.jp.currentlocaltimes.com/dialingcode.html Hokkaido MOL Ferry http://en.visit-hokkaido.jp/ http://www.sunflower.co.jp/ International Community english/index.shtml JNTO Sapporo International Communication Plaza http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/regional/hokkaido/ Tourist Agency http://www.plaza-sapporo.or.jp/english/index_e.html Emergency Hospital JTB Hokkaido http://www.jtb.co.jp/hokkaido/ Sapporo City General Hospital Consulate-Generals http://www.city.sapporo.jp/foreign/index.html Kinki Nippon Tourist Hokkaido http://www.knt.co.jp/kokusai/about.html Consulate-General of the United States of Hokkaido University Hospital America http://www.huhp.hokudai.ac.jp/english/med01.html Nippon Travel Agency Kita 1-jo Nishi 28-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo 064-0821 http://www.nta.co.jp/hokkaido/ Japan Domestic Airlines Tel: +81-11-641-1115 Fax: +81-11-643-1283 Car Rentals http://sapporo.usconsulate.gov/ Japan Airlines (JAL) http://www.jal.co.jp/ JR Consulate-General of the Republic of Korea http://www2.tocoo.jp/?file=rentcar_inbound/branch&id= Kita 2-jo Nishi 12-chome 1-4, Chuo-ku, Sapporo All Nippon Airways (ANA) 82008&prefecture=1 060-0002 Japan https://www.ana.co.jp/ Tel: +81-11-218-0288 Fax: +81-11-218-8158 Nippon Rent-A-Car http://jpn-sapporo.mofat.go.kr/languages/as/ Hokkaido International Airlines (AIR DO) http://www2.tocoo.jp/?file=rentcar_inbound/branch&id= jpn-sapporo/main/index.jsp http://www.airdo.jp/ap/index.html 23019&prefecture=1 Consulate-General of the Russian Federation Skymark Airlines (SKYMARK) TOYOTA Minami 14-jo Nishi 12-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo http://www.skymark.co.jp/ja/ http://www.toyotarentacar.net/english/ 064-0914 Japan Tel: +81-11-561-3171 Fax: +81-11-561-8897 International Airlines Art Galleries and Museums http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ruscons_sapporo/ Air China international Hokkaido Museum of Modern Art Consulate-General of the People’s Republic of http://www.airchina.jp/en/index.html http://www.aurora-net.or.jp/art/dokinbi/ China Minami 13-jo Nishi 23-chome 5-1, Chuo-ku, Sapporo Korean Air Historical Museum of Hokkaido 064-0913 Japan http://www.koreanair.com/?rgn=jp&lang=jpn http://www.hmh.pref.hokkaido.jp/ Tel: +81-11-563-5563 Fax: +81-11-563-1818 http://sapporo.china-consulate.org/jpn/ (Japanese) Continental Airlines Historical Village of Hokkaido http://www.staralliance.com/en/ http://www.kaitaku.or.jp/info/info.htm Australian Consulate Sapporo Center Bldg. 17F, Kita 5-jo Nishi 6-chome, Cathay Pacific Airways Migishi Kotaro Museum of Art, Hokkaido Chuo-ku, Sapporo 060-0005 Japan http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_JP/homepage http://www.dokyoi.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/hk/mkb/ Tel: +81-11-242-4381 Fax: +81-11-242-4383 http://www.australia.or.jp/en/consular/sapporo/ Major Conferences and Events 2011 Jul. 23 to Aug. 20 Toyako Onsen Summer Festival © Tokachi© Pacific Mainichi Music Newspaper,Festival Inc. Aug. 5 to 7 International Symposium on Information Technology in 8 Medicine and Education (ITME2011) August Aug. 6 to 7 Date Musha Festival CONTENTS Aug. 27 to 28 Noboribetsu Hell Festival Publisher Design SavorSavor tthehe ddelightselights ooff aautumnutumn Event Convention Pro Inc. Teruya Fujioka Sept. 6 to 10 XIII International Congress of Bacteriology and Applied As the end of Hokkaido’s short summer approaches, a refreshing Microbiology Editorial Assistance Editor in Chief What’s on .............................2 breeze arrives to turn the leaves into a kaleidoscope of reds and Sept. 6 to 10 XIII International Congress of Mycology Gaku Shoji Shinichi Hisamatsu yellows. Seafood such as salmon, saury, crab and sea urchin, and Sept. 11 to 16 XV International Congress of Virology Printing Living Hokkaido ....................3 Oct. 3 to 6 The 4th International Conference on Human-Environment Contributing Editor Hokkaido Printing Planning Co., Ltd. delicacies from the land, including apples, pears, grapes and melons System (ICHES2011) David Barnett are at their peak as the harvest season unfolds. Hokkaido’s most Support & Cooperation The Great Outdoors .............4 Nov. 8 to 10 17th Small Engine Technology Conference (SETC2011) Assoc. Prof. Mitsuhiro Kawamoto delicious season – autumn is calling! Translation Nov. 25 to Dec. 24 German Christmas Market in Sapporo (Sapporo International University) Walk Talk ..............................5 Toshiyuki Yamaguchi Dec. 1 to 25 Hakodate Christmas Fantasy Phred Kaufman Kaori Yamada Dec. 14 Hokkaido Festival of the Loyal Retainers in Sunagawa Cara Steinberg Luxury Zone .........................6 ਭڒ intelligent Link Inc. (Gishi Sai) ໋Ⴊ Dec. 20 to Mar. 31 Diamond Dust in KAWAYU and Others Dining Hokkaido ...................7 Save energy – come to Hokkaido Webmaster Commissioned by Sports ...................................8 As Honshu and the rest of Japan struggle to stay cool while attempting to save energy in a bid to help recovery Noriko Kodaira Hokkaido Government What is HOKKAIDO Walk-a-pedia? efforts in the areas affected by the earthquake of March 11, Hokkaido continues to be the best place to be this Contact Time Travel Hokkaido.........10 summer. Why not switch off your air conditioner and head north, where fresh breezes, cool water and delicious HOKKAIDO Walk-a-pedia is a monthly web magazine, whose title is based on c/o Event Convention Pro Inc. food will help you beat the summertime blues. the meaning of a “walking encyclopedia of Hokkaido.” This tourism information Kitaguchi Yoshiya Bldg. 7F, Kita 7-jo Nishi 4-chome 8-3, Kita-ku, Information .........................12 Sapporo 060-0807 Japan booklet introduces the abundant nature, excellent environment, safe food and Tel: +81-11-299-5910 Fax: +81-11-299-5911 charming citizens of Hokkaido, an Asian resort area for high-end travelers from [email protected] around the world. The tourism-related information is collected and released by Radiation Monitoring in Hokkaido http://www.hokkaido-pedia.jp members of Hokkaido’s international community. http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/sm/gat/zenndoumonita_eng.htm 2 What’sWhat’s onon Living Hokkaido 3 PrimedPrimed forfor SummerSummer FireworksFireworks which adjoin the city. The event starts INTERVIEW at 7:45 p.m. at the Ishikari riverside, but Bok Ryong Joo, Consul General, arrive early as attendances typically Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Sapporo each 130,000. INTRODUCTION If you find yourself in the Tokachi district in August, there is the Kachimai This month, HOKKAIDO Walk-a-pedia talks to Bok Fireworks Show (Obihiro, August 13). Ryong Joo, consul of the Republic of Korea, about Music and a laser light show life in Hokkaido. Mr. Joo has been a consul for 31 accompany the explosions. Attendance years and served in a number of countries including © Toyako Onsen Tourist Association typically reaches 80,000 spectators. Thailand, Canada, Morocco, France and Poland, But the most famous and reliable where his French and English speaking skills were Blossoms brighten cotton kimonos ... a largest shells today can be 90 centimeters display is the Lake Toya Long-Run put to good use. Now in the third year of his post family searches for space on the grass ... a in diameter and weigh as much as 200 Fireworks (Toyako Onsen, April 28 to as consul here in Hokkaido, Mr. Joo feels more at sunset picnicker unpacks a hamper ... and kilograms. They’re shot as high as 500 m October 31). Every night at 8:45, home after his time in Europe and North America, the first thud hits! Bursts brighten the face and explode into patterns dozens of meters fireworks light up this lovely caldera thanks to the proximity of Hokkaido to his of a child. Her brother clings to their in diameter. lake and the hot-spring resort on its homeland, both physically as well as in the mother in surprise. Explosions reflect off The key to enjoying the fireworks is to south side. Any point around the lake characteristics of the people. the river. Fireworks have come to come prepared. Bring drinks, bug spray will give you a spectacular view, but Hokkaido again. and a ground seat or windbreaker to sit on. enjoying the fireworks from the The fireworks here are among hundreds Most importantly, arrive early to find a comfort of one of the hotels’ open-air When you were growing up, what images did you going to Lake Toya and love the view from the Windsor Hotel.