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01434 ／ちっぷべつちょう

Hokkaido 雨竜郡

Chippubetsu Town

A Dutch-made bell announces the time.

Centennial Memorial Tower bell

Photo by 100yen 15:32, 6 October 2007 (UTC) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Tonden Bell

A bell that told the time in thepioneer days is on view at the museum.

The town's local museum holds the Tonden Bell, used to tell the time in the early days of settlement, along with photographs and old farm tools from the period. Models show how homes looked then, and visitors can see and learn from them. Admission is free.

The Tonden Bell that told the time in the pioneer days
Period photographs and old farm tools
Free admission

02 ／ Hyakurokuen Garden

Stacked garden stones form a wallin a Japanese garden of yew.

The Japanese garden Hyakurokuen lies east of the hot spring facility Chippu Yu & Yu. Onko (Japanese yew) is planted in the grounds, and stacked garden stones are arranged like a wall at the center. The town introduces it as a hidden healing spot with an atmospheric landscape.

Onko (Japanese yew) planted
Garden stones arranged like a wall
East of the hot spring facility

03 ／ Place name

The name is said to mean "a river with a passage,"and the town emblem takes the shape of "chi."

The town name derives from the Ainu word Chikkushibetsu, which the town says means "a river with a passage." On the town emblem, the upper triangle stands for the town's terrain and the lower circle for unhulled rice; the whole forms the katakana "chi" (adopted in 1968).

Derived from the Ainu word Chikkushibetsu
"A river with a passage" (town)
Emblem adopted in 1968

Chippubetsu 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 June 2024)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

14 minutes by bus from Fukagawa Station.

about 2,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town; the Rumoi Main Line closed on March 31, 2026. According to town materials, the Kitaso Liner bus has run between Numata and Fukagawa since April 1, and the stop in town is Chippubetsu Community Plaza. The fastest daily bus takes 14 minutes from Fukagawa Station.

People living here: 2,329people
Area: 47.18km²
Households: 982households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 2 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —1 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.

ACCESS

Where you can go from here.

Chippubetsu Town in Japan43.767°N 141.958°E

to FukagawaLocal bus14min

Travel times follow 秩父別町『秩父別町の公共交通について 2026.4.1～』（令和8年3月・町公式 https://town.chippubetsu.hokkaido.jp/common/img/content/content_20260306_165041.pdf を Wayback で読んだ）と、沼田町役場産業創出課発行の『きたそライナー号（沼田⇒深川間）バス時刻表』令和8年4月1日運行開始分（平日ダイヤ・休日ダイヤ〈土日祝〉）。**深川駅前 → 秩父別町コミュニティプラザ（町の外→町の向き）**：道北バス1便 6:40発→6:54着＝14分（速達便）。この1便は平日ダイヤにも休日ダイヤにもあり、毎日運転。ほかの便は平日・休日とも20分（8:17→8:37・10:12→10:32・12:47→13:07・15:02→15:22 ほか）。逆向き（町→深川駅前）は沼田発6:10の道北1便が秩父別町コミュニティプラザ6:19発→深川駅前6:35着＝16分。運賃は深川駅前→秩父別町コミュニティプラザ480円。『第2便〈沼田発6:50〉は定期券のみ・春夏冬休み運休』の注記は沼田発の便で、採った深川発の道北1便には無い (checked 2026-10-29). They vary by time of day.

Shape

Borders 4 municipalities.

Territory of Chippubetsu 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

7.7km

Numata Town, Fukagawa City, Moseushi Town, Hokuryu Town

Chippubetsu Town isthis kind of town.

01The Centennial Memorial Tower stands 100 feet tall, and the bell at its top is a Dutch-made 2.8 tonnes; the town calls it one of Japan's largest swing bells and says it tells the time twice a day
02The local museum has an exhibit of the Tonden Bell that told the time in the pioneer days, and the Japanese garden Hyakurokuen has yew trees and garden stones stacked like a wall
03The town sits at the northern end of the Ishikari Plain, on flat land 40 to 50 meters above sea level, mostly paddy fields; its name derives from the Ainu word Chikkushibetsu, which the town says means "a river with a passage"

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Chippubetsu Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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