Education
Hokkaido University.
長谷川 岳
politician member of the House of Councillors
Hokkaido University.
He belongs to the Liberal Democratic Party (Liberal Democratic Party). In 1990 he enrolled at Hokkaido University and majored in Business Administration. While attending university, he, with five other friends, brought the Soran Festival to Hokkaido, which is now run by the Yasakoi Soran Festival Foundation.
The Soran Festival incorporates the traditional Sōran Bushi song and dance.
In 1998 he was elected Director of the Yasakoi Soran Foundation. In 2008 he ran against Takahiro Yokomichi of the Democratic Party of Japan for representative of the first district of Hokkaido.
He came in second place with a total of 124,343 votes. He was elected to the House of Councillors in July 2010.