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01581 ／あつまちょう

Hokkaido 勇払郡

Atsuma Town

A station wall painted with three waves.

Hama-Atsuma Station

Photo by Mister0124 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

01 ／ Wakyo mirror

The town introduces a mirror from an800-year-old grave as Hokkaido's oldest.

A Kyoto-made Japanese-style mirror from a grave of the Ainu people at an excavation site in the town was designated a town cultural property in 2022, along with a Kamakura-period samurai's waist sword and glass beads. The town introduces the mirror as the oldest in Hokkaido.

From a grave about 800 years old
Town-designated (Nov. 25, 2022)
329 items designated together

02 ／ Snow tug-of-war

Three ropes are pulled at once;win two to win the match.

The town promotes this tug-of-war as a new sport. Three ropes are pulled at the same time, and the team that wins two ropes wins. The town says it takes not only strength but also tactics and teamwork. It is held in the fourth week of January each year at a park baseball field in the town.

Three ropes at once
Win two ropes to win
Fourth week of January each year

03 ／ Atsuma River

From the Yubari mountains to the Pacific,the whole basin lies within the town.

The Atsuma River rises in the hills of the Yubari mountains, flows south through the mountains and past the town center, and empties into the Pacific Ocean at Hama-Atsuma. It is 52.3 km long with a basin of 366.9 km2, and the Hokkaido Development Bureau's notice says the whole basin lies within Atsuma Town.

52.3 km long
Basin 366.9 km2
Mouth at Hama-Atsuma

Atsuma Town from the sky

Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.

Now1974–78

Wide (about 6 km across)

Close (about 1.5 km across)

Now (shot May–June 2021)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））

Open in GSI Maps (now)Open in GSI Maps (1974–78)

Living here

At the southern end of central Hokkaido, 45 minutes from Tomakomai by car.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

According to the town, it sits at the southern end of the central Hokkaido belt, 34 km and 45 minutes by car from Tomakomai City and 65 km and 90 minutes from Sapporo City. Buses take about an hour from Chitose and Tomakomai stations, and the town's station is Hama-Atsuma on the JR Hidaka Main Line.

People living here: 4,432people
Area: 405.38km²
Households: 1,930households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 3 clinics

Area and habitable land at the same scalee-Stat B1101 / B1103

Children waiting for childcare: —2 nurseries and similar
Home purchase subsidy: —
Average annual temperature: —

These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.

Shape

Borders 5 municipalities.

Atsuma Town in Japan42.724°N 141.878°E

Territory of Atsuma Town

Boundaries: National Land Numerical Information (Administrative Area Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari.Lakes: National Land Numerical Information (Lake Data), MLIT. Processed by Machigatari. Prepared with the approval of the Director-General of the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan, using its Digital Map 25000 (Spatial Data Framework) and Digital Map 25000 (Place Names and Public Facilities). (承認番号平27情使、第585号)

North to south

32.6km

Mukawa Town, Abira Town, Tomakomai City, Yuni Town, Yubari City

Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.

Atsuma Town isthis kind of town.

01Hama-Atsuma is an unstaffed station on the JR Hokkaido Hidaka Main Line, the only station in the town listed in the timetable, with three waves painted on its wall
02329 excavated items, including a mirror from a grave about 800 years old that the town calls Hokkaido's oldest, are designated town cultural properties
03The whole Atsuma River basin lies within the town, and every January a snow tug-of-war with three ropes pulled at once is held

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Atsuma Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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