LWIF EP137: How Japan’s North is Like Canada… But Not

I finally went to Japan’s Northernmost prefecture: Hokkaido. As the plane was descending, I thought to myself, huh, this looks a bit like Canada. Thanks to the following for providing for my family’s travel, accommodations, and food. Takibi Camp Site http://takibi-camp.jp/english/ https://www.facebook.com/rootsofhokkaido/ Kitchen Garden Farmstay https://kitchengardenjp.com/ https://www.airbnb.jp/rooms/38467565 Hokkaido Nomad Car Rental https://nomad-r.jp/en/ https://www.facebook.com/hokkaido.nomad Info Sources

• RV Comparison https://www.cruiseamerica.com/rv-rentals/our-vehicles/compact-rv vs. https://nomad-r.jp/en/car/?type=03
• Size of Hokkaido vs. other prefectures https://stats-japan.com/t/kiji/10689
• Hokkaido vs. your country http://www2.jrhokkaido.co.jp/global/english/travel/distance.html
• Hokkaido self-sufficiency http://www.pref.hokkaido.lg.jp/ns/nsi/genjyou_english_3101.pdf
• – World food self-sufficiency http://www.fao.org/3/i2493e/i2493e03.pdf
• Japan self-sufficiency https://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/08/20/editorials/japans-falling-food-self-sufficiency/#.XcXZtjMzb8A
• Taber Corn: https://globalnews.ca/video/5498508/farmers-prepare-for-first-taber-corn-harvest-of-2019 and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0TOHgrXVo and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5r8CBHGWMo
• Average age of Japanese farmer https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00227/japan%E2%80%99s-farming-population-rapidly-aging-and-decreasing.html
• Average age of Canadian farmer https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/170510/t001a-eng.htm
• Snow in Winnipeg https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/snow-clearing-winnipeg-1.3921491
• AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE TIME TORONTO CALLED IN THE ARMY TO DEAL WITH THE SNOW https://nationalpost.com/feature/when-youre-a-soldier-you-do-what-youre-told-an-oral-history-of-the-time-toronto-called-in-the-army-to-deal-with-the-snow
• RMR: Special Report on Toronto Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vmMz73F5uA
• Snowfall in Sapporo http://www.data.jma.go.jp/obd/stats/etrn/view/nml_sfc_ym.php?prec_no=14&prec_ch=%90%CE%8E%EB%8Ex%92%A1&block_no=47412&block_ch=%8ED%96y&year=&month=&day=&elm=normal&view=
• Toronto City New Vancouver modular housing https://toronto.citynews.ca/video/2017/10/27/vancouver-re-purposes-shipping-containers-for-homeless-housing/

Image Sources

• Snow poles in Japan (3214982785).jpg By MiNe, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=68478829
• Anti-snow wall https://hokkaido-labo.com/en/hokkaido-winter-2189
• Chicago Winter Night Skyline (3300008363).jpg By Tony Webster from San Francisco, California – Chicago Winter Skyline, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44827616
• Winnipeg snowstorm aftermath.jpg by By Mzajac at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16899041
• WINTER WINNIPEG.JPG By Aninharibasms – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=26210398
• Edison Ave, Winnipeg (330067) (9441613439).jpg By Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada – Edison Ave, Winnipeg (330067), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66245435
• Broadway and Main St, Winnipeg (480031) (9447669166).jpg By Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada – Broadway and Main St, Winnipeg (480031), CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=66244964
• Toronto rail corridor in the snow 22037585454.jpg By Chester – https://www.flickr.com/photos/chesterbr/22037585454/, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44717937
• Odori Park Sapporo Snow Festival 2007.JPG by Eckhard Pecher https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB:Odori_Park_Sapporo_Snow_Festival_2007.JPG
• Snowing Sapporo.jp by aokomoriuta（青子守歌） – 投稿者自身による作品, CC 表示-継承 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6206277による