Editing Hokkaido (section)

==Transportation==
[[File:JRH H5 H2 JRE E5 U14 Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station north 20160406.jpg|thumb|right|[[Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station]] on the [[Hokkaido Shinkansen]]]]
Hokkaido's only land link to the rest of Japan is the [[Seikan Tunnel]]. Most travellers travel to the island by air: the main airport is [[New Chitose Airport]] at [[Chitose, Hokkaido|Chitose]], just south of Sapporo. Tokyo–Chitose is in the top 10 of the [[List of busiest passenger air routes|world's busiest air routes]], handling more than 40 widebody round trips on several airlines each day. One of the airlines, [[Air Do]] was named after Hokkaidō.

Hokkaidō can be reached by ferry from [[Sendai]], [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]] and some other cities, with the ferries from Tokyo dealing only in cargo. The [[Hokkaido Shinkansen]] takes passengers from Tokyo to near Hakodate in slightly over four hours.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bender |first1=Andrew |title=Japan Opens a Futuristic Bullet Train Line from Tokyo to Hokkaido |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbender/2016/03/28/japan-opens-a-futuristic-bullet-train-line-from-tokyo-to-hokkaido/#42c829643168 |work=[[Forbes]] |date=28 March 2016 |language=en |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908191628/https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewbender/2016/03/28/japan-opens-a-futuristic-bullet-train-line-from-tokyo-to-hokkaido/#42c829643168 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is a fairly well-developed [[Hokkaido Railway Company|railway network]], but many cities can be accessed only by road. The coal railways were constructed around Sapporo and Horonai during the late 19th century, as advised by American engineer Joseph Crawford.<ref name=":0" />

Hokkaidō is home to one of Japan's [[Musical road#Melody Road|Melody Road]]{{Broken anchor|date=2025-05-09|bot=User:Cewbot/log/20201008/configuration|target_link=Musical road#Melody Road|reason= The anchor (Melody Road) [[Special:Diff/989373386|has been deleted]].|diff_id=989373386}}s, which is made from grooves cut into the ground, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling transmitted through the wheels into the car body.<ref name="GuardianJP">{{cite news |first=Bobbie |last=Johnson |title=Japan's melody roads play music as you drive |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/13/japan.gadgets |work=[[The Guardian]] |publisher=[[Guardian Media Group|GMG]] |location=[[Farringdon Road]], [[London]], England |page=19 (International section) |date=13 November 2007 |access-date=2008-10-20 |archive-date=2013-09-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901025639/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/nov/13/japan.gadgets |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Noise">{{cite web |url=http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/09/car-musical-instrument-melody-roads-japan/ |title=Your car as a musical instrument – Melody Roads |access-date=20 October 2008 |date=29 September 2008 |publisher=Noise Addicts |archive-date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913223414/http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/09/car-musical-instrument-melody-roads-japan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>