who named this island?
Matsuura Takeshirō
Hokkaido
Matsuura Takeshirō 
what is the name of the very strong winds that can affect japan Kamikaze what does the term refer to? The were two winds or storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan. how did the country mentioned get the name? The name for Japan in Japanese is written using the kanji and pronounced "Nippon" or "Nihon". which language is spoken there? Japanese,  Ryukyuan languages what is the total population here? 126.3 million what types of crops are farmed here? Rice which are the main tourist destinations here? Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu,Okinawa, Tokyo what kind of a place is the first one? It is the second largest island of Japan, and the largest and northernmost prefecture. which animals can be found here? Brown bear subspecies are there any national parks? UNANSWERABLE
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Hokkaido [SEP] Naming of Hokkaido
When establishing the Development Commission, the Meiji Government decided to change the name of Ezochi. Matsuura Takeshirō submitted six proposals, including names such as and , to the government. The government eventually decided to use the name Hokkaidō, but decided to write it as , as a compromise between and because of the similarity with names such as . According to Matsuura, the name was thought up because the Ainu called the region "Kai". Historically, many peoples who had interactions with the ancestors of the Ainu called them and their islands "Kuyi", "Kuye", "Qoy", or some similar name, which may have some connection to the early modern form "Kai".