Video: The Colonization of Hokkaido

The Colonization of Hokkaido
Watch our latest video - a reading by author Noah Oskow of his original essay on the history of Hokkaido and how it came to be part of Japan.

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How a mysterious frontier island peopled by “barbarians” became one of the four main islands of Japan – and how the original inhabitants suffered as a result.

Watch our latest video – an audio-visual adaptation by author Noah Oskow of his original essay on the history of Hokkaido and how it came to be part of Japan!

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