hokkaido

How plausible is a non-Russia European country using the island of Hokkaido as a settler colony, similar to Australia, New Zealand and much of the Americas? Hokkaido was pretty sparsely populated before the Japanese colonisation, Wikipedia says the Ainu population was 80,000 in the 18th century...

So, I've been watching Golden Kamui and it has tickled an interest in the Ainu. How would a United Hokkaido unite and interact with the rest of Japan and what would go down in the event of a meiji restoration. What would they be like?

The 38 Years' War was, from what I understand, the final major conflict between the Emishi and Yamato people. It began with a strong showing by the Emishi, who struck numerous blows against the Yamato kingdom, and it seems as though it was only the betrayal of the Shiwa tribe that did in the...

Point of Divergence ... In 1669, a chief of the Ainu people, Shakushain, led a revolt against the Matsumae clan on Hokkaido, Japan's northern most island. This was in response to the Matsumae clan controlling trade and trade relations in the Hokkaido area. When Shakushain's forces surrendered...

The Manhattan Project is delayed until October, and Japan nuclear bombed in November (rather than carrying out Operation Downfall) and Japan surrenders in late November or December. However, this delay enabled the Soviet Union to invade and take Hokkaido. Would the Soviets be able to keep the...

Given that the distance between Japan and Australia is only 6,848 km, I couldn’t help but wonder think about a hypothetical TL where Australia is colonized and established as a settler colony by Japan instead of Britain during the 17th-18th centuries. And similar to OTL, the following things...

I read in an old thread from back in 2014 that the German Empire once considered purchasing Hokkaidō from Japan in exchange for a German-Japanese Alliance. What if Germany purchased Hokkaidō from Japan and what would this mean for Germany's power projection in East Asia? How would the Russian...

The Ezo Republic was a US-inspired Republic with suffrage for the samurai class that existed on the island we now call Hokkaido. It was taken by a force of 7,000 IJA troops after the Battle of Hakodate, and the Republic ceased to exist in July. What can be changed to allow this state to survive...

Could it be possible that if a POD ranging anywhere from something in Russia preventing any large expansions eastward to something in Japan that leaves a more pro-western shogunate in charge to just some ship that got stranded somewhere mean that a European power could assert influence into the...

The invasion of Kyushu was expected to cause anywhere from 70,000 to 766,000 allied casualties, rising to 1.7-4 million if the Japanese populace fought en mass. It is likely that these figures are too low, cobsidering the allies underestimated Japanese troop strength. It would take an estimated...

I'm reading Isabella Bird's account of her travel to Japan (with a large part of her journey spent in Hokkaido) and it got me wondering - is there a way to get Hokkaido to become an integral part of China? What do you, the readers at home, think?