01 ／ Uzuragawa Japanese white pine
The town writes that goyomatsu, common in Honshu mountains, grows in only a small part of Hokkaido, including the Assabu River basin and the Motoura and Horoman river areas in Hidaka. It was designated in 1928; the designated area is now 360 hectares.
02 ／ Dobashi Nature Observation Forest
The town describes Dobashi Nature Observation Forest as a town-owned forest of about 90 hectares, with hiba cypress at its northern limit, Sakhalin fir at its southern limit and about 560 plant species. Its chronology records a ban on felling, a reserved-forest system, in 1770.
03 ／ View from Tate Castle site
The town says the north side of the Tate Castle site is a park-like green space, with broad farmland on the plateau. Mount Otobe (1,016 m) can be seen from within, and from the Maruyama hills to the south one can look over the grounds, the Tate district and distant Mount Otobe.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot September–October 2022)Shot 1974–78
Source: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI) GSI Tiles（全国最新写真（シームレス）／国土画像情報（第一期：1974〜1978年撮影））
Living here
There is no railway station in town. Hakodate Bus route 610 links Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto Station with a stop in the town center in 51 minutes on its daily services. The town gives 1 hour 50 minutes from Hakodate Station.
−11.3% since 2015
5,385 → 3,592
91.82km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
5.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 函館バス公式の停留所時刻表（https://map.hakobus.co.jp/timetable/ の系統データ。ダイヤ『令和8年10月20日』と『令和8年11月9日』の両方を 2026-10-29 に読んだ）。610系統（函館バスセンター～江差ターミナル）の『新函館北斗駅』5番のりば（標柱5・江差ターミナル行き）と『厚沢部』停留所（標柱2・江差ターミナル行き）の時刻を突き合わせた。平日と土曜・日曜・祝日の両方にある便＝11:11→12:02・14:35→15:26・16:11→17:02 の3便が、どれも51分。平日だけの7:59→8:50 と 19:45→20:36 の2便（これも51分）は採らない。11/9 改正のダイヤも同じ時刻。 (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
29.7km
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