Hokkaido - that's about as far North and East as it gets in Japan! 
You feckless dirty liar, Gold, go wash some pots or something; you know that Hokkaido is Japan's equivalent to the 'Sweaties' and that would be offensive to me.
Anyway, I'm from Maizuru, which is on the main island of Honshu! So there!
Richard, I was brought up in North Shields, but I now live in Chepstow, South East Wales.