I used to hate Hokkaido.


Hi Reader, Last week, I talked about why I’m passionate about sharing my home region, Eastern Hokkaido. But let me be honest… I used to hate living in Hokkaido when I was younger. Me and my younger sister with Lake Kussharo - probably like 1999? I grew up in a small city in the countryside. As I became a teenager, I found it so boring. Too rural, too quiet. My dream was to escape to a big city… So, I did! I studied hard, got into a university in Tokyo, and worked in different countries around...