Hokkaido

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Hokkaido

Hokkaido is a land of vast expanses, ambitious entrepreneurs, and some of Japan's best food.

Support for founders

Ready, Set, Innovate: Launch Your Startup in Hokkaido!

Strengths

Japan's food basket

Hokkaido, with its 206% food self-sufficiency rate, is a key of Japanese FoodTech & AgriTech.

Global Commercial Spaceport

Your one-stop launch site from test bench to orbit. Hokkaido Spaceport is the first public spaceport in East Asia!

Pioneer Spirit Rooted in the Land

Hokkaido was the last land in Japan to be settled and many immigrants moved to the area. The population's pioneering spirit and diversity supports the challenges of startups!

Things to see

Festival

Sapporo Snow Festival

Using one of Sapporo's most abundant natural resources and their imaginations, a few students fashioned several snow sculptures in Odori Park way back in 1950, and it's been a yearly tradition ever since!