Grim future ahead for JR Hokkaido...https://twitter.com/tetudou_bot/status/799629392804593664 …
This is why the Shinkansen extension to Sapporo will continue to go ahead--people hope to draw more Tokyo-ites out to visit.
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But, although I expect the Shinkansen extension will help bring more tourist revenue, I don't think it will reverse the trends.
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Hokkaido will keep depopulating unless Sapporo booms and becomes a city on the same level as Osaka or Nagoya...
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...which I don't think can possibly happen unless Hokkaido were an independent country. Time will tell.
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