Sometime around A.D. 600 to 700 in Hokkaido, rectangular pit-houses suddenly appear, and a new type of earthenware called "Satsumon" pottery just as precipitately replaced traditional cord-marked ...

Seeing vacant buildings and houses in disrepair in Japan is becoming more commonplace with the aging and decline of the coun ...

where a small percentage of the population resides in the expansive rural areas while major cities like Tokyo house millions. We'll understand Japan and Hokkaido's geographical challenges ...