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Wide green grain field with the Tokachi mountain range on the horizon

01 / 11 — HOKKAIDO

A northern island of snow and cool summers.

Japan's northernmost island, with long winters and cool summers. Broad farmland grows barley and grapes, and brewers, distillers and winemakers each work with the island's climate.

Photographed in HokkaidoPhoto: pakku / CC BY 3.0

PREFECTURES

HokkaidoAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTokyoKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyotoOsakaHyogoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKochiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoOitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

2 producers on record

01

WINE FROM JAPAN

  1. 01Hokkaido Wine北海道ワインEST. 1974
02

JAPANESE WHISKY

  1. 01Nikka Whisky Yoichi Distilleryニッカウヰスキー 余市蒸溜所EST. 1934

Drinks

Geographical Indications

  • GI HokkaidoWINE · 2018-06-28

SOURCES

  1. 1酒類の地理的表示一覧国税庁 National Tax Agency · Government · accessed 2026-09-26

PHOTO CREDITS

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  1. 1Barley field — pakku · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons