Hokkaido
Hokkaido (北海道 Hokkaidō) is the northernmost and second largest of the four main islands of Japan, as well as the location of Japan's largest prefecture, which bears the same name. It is featured in several Godzilla films, first appearing in the 1955 film Godzilla Raids Again.
History
- Godzilla Raids Again (1955)
- King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962)
- King Kong Escapes (1967) [mentioned]
- Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)
- Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah (1991)
- Gamera 2: Attack of Legion (1996)
- Rebirth of Mothra (1996)
- Godzilla Final Wars (2004)
Showa era
Godzilla Raids Again
After Godzilla defeats Anguirus and devastates Osaka, Shoichi Tsukioka and Koji Kobayashi travel to their company's Hokkaido branch to find work. Shortly after settling in, they notice that Godzilla has attacked the company's fishing boats as he headed north along the coast of Japan.
King Kong vs. Godzilla
During his southward approach to Japan after his escape from the iceberg, Godzilla is assumed by the authorities to have destroyed the ship Shinsei Maru No. 2 en route to the Port of Hakodate in the waters off Hokkaido.
Heisei era
Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
After feeding on the nuclear reactor of the Musashi-2 in the Bering Sea, causing him to grow to 100 metres in height and recover fully from his Anti-Nuclear Energy Bacteria infection, Godzilla travelled south and made landfall in Northern Hokkaido and faced King Ghidorah, who had been sent by the Futurians to kill him, on the island's northern coastline. Ultimately, Godzilla won the fight, blowing off King Ghidorah's central head and burning a hole in his wings when he tried to escape, sending him plummeting into the Sea of Okhotsk. MOTHER was also destroyed in the fight, as Emmy Kano and M11 - who had aided Godzilla by sabotaging the device the Futurians used to control King Ghidorah - forced the time machine to teleport to Godzilla's location during the fight, resulting in him firing on it and killing Wilson and Glenchico. With King Ghidorah defeated, Godzilla immediately turned his ire on Japan, and began moving south, first attacking Hokkaido's capital city of Sapporo before continuing towards Tokyo.
Gamera 2: Attack of Legion
A meteor shower occurred across Northern Japan, with an especially large meteor falling near Lake Shikotsu, causing a strange aura to appear in the skies. The Legion arrived on Earth in this meteor and traveled across Hokkaido, raiding a brewery and the fiber optic cables of NTT Hokkaido's network as they approached Sapporo. Later, they violently took over the subways of the city, attacking a train and killing many of its passengers. Soon after, they erected a Plant, which erupted from the ground below. As the JSDF planned to destroy the Legion Plant, it was discovered that the Plant would allow the Legion to colonize other worlds by launching a pod into space, producing an explosion that would obliterate everything and everyone in a six-mile radius of it. However, Gamera arrived in Sapporo in time to stop the launch of the pod and destroyed the Legion Plant. Enraged, the Soldier Legion attacked and swarmed Gamera, wounding him across his body and overwhelming him. Luckily, an exposed transformer lured a large group of the Soldier Legion away, killing them and allowing Gamera to return to the ocean and dispose of the rest of the Soldier Legion attacking him.
Shortly after, the Mother Legion erupted from the ground below and flew off.
Rebirth of Mothra
A logging company working in a Hokkaido forest removed the seal containing the alien monster Desghidorah. The evil fairy Belvera soon stole the seal and used it to awaken the monster, who began to burn the forest and absorb its energy. Mothra soon arrived to stop him, but she was in a weakened state after laying Mothra Leo's egg. Soon after, Leo soon hatched and came to his mother's defense. In the end, they had to retreat, with Mothra carrying Leo out to sea. She died from her injuries, sinking into the depths.
While Mothra Leo spun a cocoon, Desghidorah sprouted wings and took to the skies. After emerging in his imago form, Leo returned to Hokkaido to face the dragon. This time, the moth had a clear advantage. After sealing Desghidorah back into the Earth, Leo restored the ravaged forest to its original state.
Millennium era
Godzilla Final Wars
The mummified corpse of Gigan is found by Earth Defense Force scientists in a cave in Hokkaido.
Comics
- Godzilla #1 (1977) [mentioned]
- Gamera the Giant Monster 1: Gamera (1995)
- Godzilla: Monsters & Protectors - Summer Smash (2023)
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