Hokkaido, Japan

 INTRODUCTION:Hokkaido continues to represent the untamed wilderness with many great national parks.
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 GET IN: For many visitors the scenery resembles northern Europe, with rice paddies and concrete warrens typical of the rest of Japan replaced by rolling fields and faux-German cottages.
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 However, the ubiquitous hotspring resorts in much of the island serve as a reminder that you are still in Japan.

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