Sapporo vs. Hokkaido

Sapporonoun

a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido

Sapporo

Sapporo (札幌市, Sapporo-shi, IPA: [sapːoɾo ɕi]) is the largest city in Japan lying north of Tokyo, and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It is the capital city of Hokkaido Prefecture and Ishikari Subprefecture.

Hokkaido

The northernmost of the main islands of Japan. Together with the islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan.

Hokkaidonoun

the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; north of Honshu

Hokkaido

Hokkaidō (Japanese: 北海道, Hepburn: Hokkaidō, literally or , pronounced [hokkaidoː]), officially Hokkaidō Circuit Prefecture, is the second largest island of Japan and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.