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The Minimum Wage in Hokkaido

Phone: 011-709-2311

URL: https://jsite.mhlw.go.jp/hokkaido-roudoukyoku/home.html

The minimum wage goes up each year in October. It's 960 yen January to September 2024 (Reiwa 6). It was 920 yen last year. There are also some special categories where it is 1,030 yen but these are for specialized jobs.

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Ainu Textiles, Embroidery & Patterns

Headbands called “matampus”. It was mainly used so that hair did not get in the way when you went hunting in the mountains. Some have tapered ends (photo above) and others were just a long straight bit of material.

To express fondness for a man, Ainu women would usually give an embroidered hand ornament called “tek-un-pe”.

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English Speaking Lawyer Search

Go to this website:
https://www.nichibenren.or.jp/

Click the blue button 弁護士をさがす

Next click this button.

The color will change when you mouseover the button.

Right button

https://www.bengoshikai.jp/search_area.html

Or directly go to this page.
https://www.bengoshikai.jp/?_ga=2.152918844.421870755.1649994610-1367898739.1649994610

Click where you are on the map. For example Sapporo (札幌).

After clicking the area you

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Mackerel - Saba - 鯖

What is Saba サバ 【鯖】?

Saba is a general term for a group of fish, belonging to the mackerel family. The predominant part of the fish with saba in their name belongs to the tribe of "true mackerels". 

Traditionally, the term refers to chub mackerel which is referred to in Japanese as masaba (マサバ). In the culinary context, the term saba includes not only

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Wolt Market Sapporo Shiroishi

Address: 1-2, 6 Chome 3 Jo, Higashi Sapporo, Shiroishi Ward, Sapporo, Hokkaido 003-0003

Open: 10:30am to 9:30pm

GPS: 43.04658866996348, 141.39570559879164

Products Handled: About 2,000 items

Main Products: Fresh food, fruits and vegetables, meat, groceries such as daily necessities, general beverages, daily necessities, baby products, nursing care products...

Delivery Fee: Delivery

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Environmental Foods

Can humans eat duckweed?

Duckweed is a fast-growing, protein-rich, plant-based source of vitamin B12 and other key nutrients that is possibly sustainable.

Astronauts take it on space missions – but do consumers want to buy it?

HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Duckweed is edible and has a similar taste to watercress or spinach. The wolffia genus has traditionally

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Obihiro - Promotional Video

Obihiro is a city on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Within Midorigaoka Park, Hokkaidoritsu Obihiro Museum displays etchings and modern prints, many by regional artists. Nearby, Obihiro Zoo is home to polar bears and Japanese macaques. Along the Tokachi River, Tokachigawa Onsen has natural hot springs. North of the city, hot-air balloons rise above the

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Free Tour Testing

Would you like to go on a tour for free?

Get free food, drinks and enjoy activities for filling out surveys in Hokkaido.

International participants needed.

Sign up here: https://agreatdream.com/tour-tester/

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Lamb Hotpot Recipe

Lamb hotpot is popular in Nayoro City (Kamikawa Subprefecture). Especially lamb hotpot with mochi. You can buy most the ingredients at Aeon supermarket too. Check out a delicious recipe for it below.

Japanese Name: Nikomi Genghis Kan

Recipe

For 4 People
Roughly 521kcal per person

1 1/2 gou (cups) of mochi

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Canon EOS R3 Mark I Full-frame Mirrorless Camera

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVx1xJ9Vzs Canon EOS R3 Mark I Full-frame Mirrorless Camera

August 1st, 2021: The Canon EOS R3 Mark I full-frame mirrorless camera will be released to testers on Aug 8th, 2021. The camera has eye tracking through the viewfinder to focus where you look; people tracking; animal tracking; a flip screen finally; 30 FPS in silent

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Omegao Oil Finally Reaches Hokkaido

Omegao Oil is finally in Hokkaido. It's a chia and flaxseed blend containing high levels of Omega 3. All oils produced in Japan have to be heat treated but this damages Omega 3, so the manufacturers of this oil get it bottled in Germany to protect the Omega 3.

Website: http://maruichihk.wixsite.com/hanaame/blank-c1ztb

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