A post claiming “Hokkaido is cool, has no cockroaches, and the food is great” set off a wave of agreement and pushback on 5ch’s Nanademo Jikkyo G board. Critics fired back with brown bear sightings, brutal snowfall, and high prices, while native Hokkaido residents chimed in that “in the end, you always want to go back.”
It really is a great place
Bears not allowed though
Bears not allowed though
Way too much snow
Forced labor shoveling snow in front of your own house
Forced labor shoveling snow in front of your own house
No air conditioning
No convenience stores
It'd be great if you could just fly south for the winter
>>12
I've got zero tolerance for them
I'm not from Hokkaido, I'm from Tohoku, but the first time one showed up in Tokyo I couldn't sleep
I've got zero tolerance for them
I'm not from Hokkaido, I'm from Tohoku, but the first time one showed up in Tokyo I couldn't sleep
>>21,71
Yeah, that tracks
So TV was lying to us?
Yeah, that tracks
So TV was lying to us?
Hokkaido: the people are petty and vindictive, it's basically a penal colony, buried in snow, freezing in winter, and brown bears show up
[Hokkaido] Sapporo's "poverty school lunches" spark controversy
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>>23
They're saying it because they're actually there
Go to Maruyama Park in summer
The trees are crawling with them
They're saying it because they're actually there
Go to Maruyama Park in summer
The trees are crawling with them
Looks like even central Hokkaido is completely rundown
Wakkanai
Nayoro
Shibetsu
Wakkanai
Nayoro
Shibetsu
How many years ago was it when snow bugs (yukimushi, fluffy aphid-like insects that swarm right before snowfall) showed up in insane numbers? That was hell
Half the year in Hokkaido is winter hell
It drops to -20°C
It drops to -20°C
So other than the "cool" season, it's just cold the rest of the time?
>>12
Opposite for me — my girlfriend's barely ever seen a bug, so she's terrified of them
Opposite for me — my girlfriend's barely ever seen a bug, so she's terrified of them
Bears show up even in town, right?
How do you even live there, doesn't that scare you?
How do you even live there, doesn't that scare you?
No way I'm living anywhere I have to shovel snow
Seriously, zero cockroaches
Honestly barely any bugs at all
Honestly barely any bugs at all
>>88
I bet whoever's saying this means they see them inside their house
I bet whoever's saying this means they see them inside their house
I'm from Sapporo, and every time I see flooding from heavy rain or 40°C+ summers elsewhere, I think the snow and cold really aren't so bad
Cockroaches actually die down when it's too hot
This year's been pretty cool, so I've been seeing them a lot
Hokkaido's probably just about the right temperature to live in
This year's been pretty cool, so I've been seeing them a lot
Hokkaido's probably just about the right temperature to live in
No matter how good everything else is, the bears ruin it all
>>94
But doesn't mainland Japan actually have more bear-attack injuries?
But doesn't mainland Japan actually have more bear-attack injuries?
There's no point lumping all of Hokkaido together and praising it
Sapporo to Hakodate is about the same distance as Tokyo to Nagoya
Completely different living areas
Sapporo to Hakodate is about the same distance as Tokyo to Nagoya
Completely different living areas
It's tasty, but cheap? Not really
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nanademo Jikkyo G) thread 「Hokkaido: “Cool, No Cockroaches, Great Food”」.
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