When preparing to travel to Hokkaido, what are the must-visit attractions?

Hokkaido is divided into four regions, namely Hokkaido Central, Hokkaido South, Hokkaido East, and Hokkaido North.

The tourist attractions are: Sapporo City, Otaru City, Furano City, and Biei in the central area; Hakodate City, Noboribetsu, Lake Shikotsu, Toyako, and Yunokawa in the southern area; Kushiro City, Abashiri City, Shiretoko,

Lake Akan, Lake Kussharo, Lake Mashu, Sounkyo, Tokachi River; Tohoku: Asahikawa City, Wakkanai City.

The poster can take a look at the route to Hokkaido from Zhongxin Travel. I heard that it is a direct charter flight, eliminating the trouble of connecting flights.

Can anyone introduce the tourism resources of Hokkaido, the northernmost island among the four main islands in Japan?

To the west is the Sea of ??Japan, to the north is the Sea of ??Okhotsk, and to the southeast is the Pacific Ocean.

It forms an administrative unit "Michi" with neighboring small islands, covering an area of ??83,520 square kilometers (32,247 square miles), accounting for 21% of Japan's land area.

The geography is characterized by a cool climate and recently formed mountains and volcanoes.

The four regions and the tourist highlights they include: Central Road: Sapporo City, Otaru City, Jozankei, Furano, Biei Road South: Hakodate City, Noboribetsu, Lake Shikotsu, Lake Toya, Yunokawa Road East: Kushiro City

, Abashiri City, Shiretoko, Lake Akan, Lake Kussharo, Lake Mashu, Sounkyo, Tokachi River Expressway North: Asahikawa City, Wakkanai City and many virgin forests in Hokkaido: Six National Parks Shiretoko (United Nations World Natural Heritage:

From July 2005) Akan Kushiro Wetlands Daisetsuzan Shikotsu Toya Rishiri Rebun Five quasi-national parks Twelve prefectural natural parks There are the Chishima volcanic belt in the east, and the Nasu volcanic belt and Shimakai volcanic belt in the south, so there are many hot springs

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Orderly development Hokkaido, formerly known as Ezo, is an undeveloped barbarian land. The indigenous people on the island are the Ainu tribe.

During the Meiji era, Japanese people began to immigrate to Hokkaido on a large scale.

In order to speed up the development of this land, the Meiji government invited many technical experts from Europe and the United States. Coupled with its proximity to Russia, European-style buildings can be seen everywhere here, forming a unique cultural landscape.

The natural beauty of Hokkaido's natural landscapes is still maintained thanks to the 6 national parks, 5 quasi-national parks and 12 Hokkaido prefectural parks established on the island.

The country has fully protected and managed the natural environment through legislation and the establishment of parks at all levels.

In recent years, Hokkaido's natural and cultural landscapes have also suffered some man-made damage. Some criminals took advantage of the vast land and sparsely populated areas and actually used Hokkaido as a landfill.

In order to protect the environment of Hokkaido, the local government formulated a special regulation in October 2001, which proposed a new concept and comprehensive plan for the development of Hokkaido tourism, and clarified the responsibilities and obligations of governments, enterprises and residents at all levels.

Specific provisions have been made on the obligations, so that Hokkaido’s tourism development can move towards a virtuous cycle.

Otaru City is located northwest of Sapporo, the capital of Hokkaido. Although it is a small city with a population of only 150,000, it is a must-visit city when visiting Hokkaido.

There is a canal in the small town with many ancient buildings on both sides of the canal.

The people of Otaru saw the value of the canal and ancient buildings, and formulated special laws to strictly protect the canal and the ancient buildings around it.

There are currently 68 ancient buildings in Otaru City that are listed as national, Hokkaido, and Otaru City protected cultural relics.

Local regulations stipulate that these ancient buildings can only be repaired and cannot be demolished at will. If they really need to be renovated, they must be restored to their original appearance.

This humble canal and ancient buildings have become a cash cow for the city.

Turning disasters into blessings Alongside typhoons, earthquakes, and fires, volcanoes are regarded by the Japanese as one of the four major disasters.

Although volcanoes have created many hot springs and tourist attractions in Hokkaido, they have also brought many inconveniences and sometimes even disasters to local residents.

The Usu volcano, located near Lake Toya, a famous scenic spot in Hokkaido, still erupts every 30 years or so.

During the eruptions in 1977 and 2000, the smoke plumes composed of water vapor and volcanic ash were as high as 10,000 meters. After the eruption, they also triggered major earthquakes. Multiple new eruption vents were added, most of which were close to roads, causing all local road traffic to be interrupted.

The mudslides generated after the eruption destroyed a large number of houses. Schools, residences, village libraries, etc. built at the foot of Mount Usu were all destroyed by mudslides, with direct losses as high as 22 billion yen.

Visitors dropped by 22% that year.

In order to rebuild their homes and strive to create a safe sightseeing environment for tourists, local authorities have built various cement dams to prevent mudslides.

At the same time, we make full use of the various natural landscapes left after the volcanic eruption to build a volcano park and volcano museum.

Visitors can not only learn about volcanic eruptions and the harm they cause to humans through a large number of objects and pictures in the museum, but also go to the volcano park to see faults, vents, destroyed roads, dead trees, etc. created during volcanic eruptions.

, feel the power of volcanic eruptions, observe the precursors of volcanic eruptions, and experience how to evacuate.

The development of this new tourism project attracted many tourists.