Japan · GI (National Tax Agency)
Hokkaido
Appellation
Hokkaido is a GI in Japan.
Japan's northern island, cool enough for Pinot Noir and German varieties, with fast-growing plantings.
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Key facts Type GI (National Tax Agency) Protected since 2018-06-28 Area 7,843,464 ha registered outline Centre 43.4600° N, 143.3307° E Legal basis Geographical indications for wine designated by the National Tax Agency; each covers the whole prefecture. Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.
Where it is Nearest town 30 km north-west of Ashoro Nearest city 61 km north of Obihiro 166,536 people To the sea 79 km Same latitude Chianti (Italy), Bandol (France), Niagara Peninsula (Canada), Niš (Serbia), Плевен (Bulgaria)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation -2–2,128 m Mean elevation 303 m Measured over the whole outline on 100,541 elevation cells of about 888 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Wineries · 3 From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources geoBoundaries JPN ADM1 (2017) (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0)
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