Japan, Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands - a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

Asahikawa - a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area

Sapporo - a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido

island - a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water