[SSJup81]

I'm planning on applying for JET, and one of the places I was going to request, was Hokkaido (or someplace close to Sapporo, not necessarily Sapporo [I'm interested in Ishikari]), and my main reasons for it, is for the climate and the recreation. Granted, I don't know too much about Hokkaido's history.

I had no idea that Hokkaido was bad economically. I guess working there through a program or something like that would work out better, but going there on your own for the sole purpose of working/living there without the help would probably be very difficult for a foreigner.