Hokkaido
5 posts
- 310 Places Japanese Locals Actually Named: The Index
We translated 1,110 comments from 75 Japanese YouTube comment sections — 873,324 likes between them. Every place locals named, indexed by city.
- Sapporo Seafood: Where Japanese Diners Actually Eat It567 likes
Where do Japanese diners eat seafood in Sapporo? 53 answers say kaiten sushi — Toriton, Nagoyaka-tei, Hanamaru — not ¥4,000 bowls at the tourist market.
includes “where locals go instead”
- Locals say skipIs Nijo Market a Tourist Trap? Sapporo Locals Answer156 likes
Is Nijo Market a tourist trap? A 29-year Sapporo resident (156 likes) has never spent a yen there. In the top 200 of 834 comments: tourist pricing.
includes “where locals go instead”
- Hidden Onsen in Hokkaido: Bathers Name 40 More30 likes
Japanese onsen regulars out-obscure a "top-10 secret onsen" list: 40+ more named in a 185-comment thread; Karurusu has been famous locally for 40 years.
includes “where locals go instead”
- Onsen in Japan, According to the People Who Go Monthly
Japanese onsen regulars name the baths they actually use, correct the listicles, flag what's closed and hand over their booking tricks.