noun
Hokkaido Government Office
Abbreviation of 北海道庁. Refers specifically to the administrative office of Hokkaido Prefecture.
道庁の職員が新しい政策を説明した。
An official from the Hokkaido Government Office explained the new policy.
札幌には道庁の赤れんが庁舎がある。
In Sapporo, there is the red-brick building of the Hokkaido Government Office.
Tokyo Metropolitan Government Office. Similar abbreviation pattern for 東京都庁.
Abbreviation of 北海道庁 (Hokkaidō-chō), the government office of Hokkaido Prefecture. The kanji 道 (dō) refers to the historical administrative circuit of Hokkaido, and 庁 (chō) means government office.