Hokkaido
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Oct 29, 2026
Don ForsterHOST
Discover a different side of Japan with Professor Goei and Rose Lifschitz from the Japan National Tourism Organization.
Don ForsterHOST
Journey beyond the famous Golden Route to explore Kyushu, Okinawa, Hokkaido, and the spectacular Dragon Route, uncovering immersive culture, incredible cuisine, natural wonders, outdoor adventures, and quieter corners of this endlessly fascinating country.
Rose LifschitzGUEST
Hey there, everyone.
Rose LifschitzGUEST
I'm
Don ForsterHOST
Or if you are lucky enough to have a return traveler coming back to you to visit Japan and they want to see a different side of Japan, a quieter side of Japan, then today's conversation is for you and your clients because this is what it's all about.
Don ForsterHOST
Now, the next big thing, so to speak, from J&TO's point of view, as well as GoA's point of view, is a focus on Kyushu, which is not the southernmost island, but the southern island from the main island.
Don ForsterHOST
And then the northernmost island, Hokkaido, Hokkaido.
Don ForsterHOST
So we're going to talk about those two areas today and why you will hopefully hear and understand why they are special, different than the Golden Route.
Yoshikawa RyuichiHOST
Our meteorologist Jonathan Oh has a look at the details in world weather.
Jonathan OhCORRESPONDENT
hello we are starting to see some of the colder air coming in from the north and impacting places like mongolia into northeastern portions of china and the northern portions of japan as well we have a bit of a winter pressure pattern that has been impacting the northern areas of japan and so because of that we had some strong winds being reported throughout the day on wednesday along with some first snowfall for the season being reported in portions of hokkaido like sapporo now We are looking at the winds to start backing off a bit.
Jonathan OhCORRESPONDENT
Eventually, we'll see a lot of that moisture also taking off with the low moving off toward the north.
Jonathan OhCORRESPONDENT
High pressure, though, will be coming in and still bringing in that northerly flow.
Jung Sun-hoCORRESPONDENT
Hello.
Jung Sun-hoCORRESPONDENT
We saw some strong winds coming in from the north, and because of that, we were seeing snow reports for the first time for the season in places like Sapporo and other portions of Hokkaido.
Jung Sun-hoCORRESPONDENT
And on top of that, because of the winter pressure pattern with the low pressure system up to the north and high toward the west, look at some of these winds Wind gusts that were reported as we went through Wednesday.
Jung Sun-hoCORRESPONDENT
Portions of the Tohoku region seeing up to 111 kilometers per hour with those gusts.
Matt PayneHOST
That's the name of the railroad line.
Matt PayneHOST
in Hokkaido with a chainsaw that he brought along and he cut down a tree.
Matt PayneHOST
It fell across the railway communication cable, which is the part that turned into...
Matt PayneHOST
This turned into a criminal case.
Case LoweHOST
And indeed, after kicking off the year in Sendai with a show on the 12th, a sellout of 730 fans, we go to January 14th, 1997, the first show on tape of the year.
Case LoweHOST
a packed house, a big show, a full broadcast by Samurai TV from the Nakajima Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Case LoweHOST
5,195 fans in attendance.
Case LoweHOST
And Mike, it kind of looks like it.
Case LoweHOST
And indeed, after kicking off the year in Sendai with a show on the 12th, a sellout of 730 fans, we go to January 14th, 1997, the first show on tape of the year.
Case LoweHOST
a packed house, a big show, a full broadcast by Samurai TV from the Nakajima Sports Center in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Case LoweHOST
5,195 fans in attendance.
Case LoweHOST
And Mike, it kind of looks like it.
Natalie MacLeanHOST
What would surprise you about Japanese wine? How has climate change transformed Japan's once frigid Hokkaido region into one of its most promising wine regions? How did a chance encounter in a Japanese wine bar lead to a winemaker rediscovering a wine he'd almost forgotten making And how did a 13-year-old samurai who was smuggled out of Japan become California's celebrated wine king? In today's episode, you'll hear the stories and tips that answer those questions in our chat with Nick Rowan.
Natalie MacLeanHOST
By the end of our conversation, you'll also discover what makes Japan's wine world surprisingly small, even with regions hundreds of kilometers apart.
Natalie MacLeanHOST
Why Japanese wines once had a reputation for tasting artificially sweet and how they have since evolved.
53 MINS LATER
Nick RowanGUEST
The northernmost is Alsace or further north.
Nick RowanGUEST
I need to look at a map again.
Nick RowanGUEST
But it was one wine vineyard manager actually in Hokkaido, he said, look, I went out and I studied in Australia because I wanted to make wine.
Nick RowanGUEST
And I came back and I knew a lot about winemaking and thought, this is nothing like Japan.
Nick RowanGUEST
What have I just done? That's hot and dry.
Glenn DroverGUEST
In other words, a very robust product that they were happy to offer a very long-term guarantee on.
Glenn DroverGUEST
And then their first large project was on the island of Hokkaido in northern end of Japan.
Glenn DroverGUEST
And that was a 60 megawatt hour, 15 megawatt, 60 megawatt hour.
Glenn DroverGUEST
So effectively a four hour long duration energy storage project.
Glenn DroverGUEST
And so those sorts of virtues are the sorts of things that companies more used to long-term assets perhaps interested in.
Glenn DroverGUEST
So companies like utility companies, transmission and distribution companies that are quite comfortable with 50-year assets, they're probably more likely than some of the other users are.
Sohail HasnieHOST
Yeah, the battery that you mentioned earlier in Hokkaido, 15 megawatt, 60 megawatt hour.
Sohail HasnieHOST
So those sort of battery, how does it compare side by side in terms of cost and energy density and the weight and things like that?
RakushGUEST
So, like, I might want to do that next time, you know? So, like...
RakushGUEST
I think for me, maybe go back to Hokkaido as well.
RakushGUEST
Cause I do kind of miss that place.
RakushGUEST
Um, even after like finishing this trip, like I would say Sapporo pretty up there for me as like an overall experience.
Mad Mike WhiddettGUEST
And the first I saw was Coulthard ripping off one of the current cars from back then down Miami Beach.
Mad Mike WhiddettGUEST
And I'm like, wow, what the hell? And then like literally a week later, they had air freighted it to Hokkaido in Japan and were thrashing with chains on the tires up over the snow mountains.
Mad Mike WhiddettGUEST
Yeah, right.
Mad Mike WhiddettGUEST
So I said to Red Bull, I'm like, man, if you guys are just going to destroy these Formula Ones, like, man, I'll take one and transform it into a drift car.
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