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01609 ／えりもちょう

Hokkaido 幌泉郡

Erimo Town

Reefs run 2 km offshore from the cape.

Cape Erimo

Photo by A_CUVE (CC BY-SA 2.0)

01 ／ Greening the cape

Spreading seaweed washed ashore,the Erimo-style greening method was developed.

Greening the cape in Erimo Town — Photo by Ubuhouse (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Cape Erimo had lost its primeval forest to logging and grazing and turned to desert. Greening began in 1953 (Showa 28). The Forestry Agency says that in 1957 the Erimo-style method was developed, laying gota, miscellaneous seaweed washed up on the shore, to hold the soil in place.

Greening project began in 1953
Erimo-style method developed in 1957 (Forestry Agency)
Black pine, not native to Hokkaido, proved suitable

02 ／ Lighthouse monument

A lighthouse that finished its workstands on as a memorial tower.

The former Horoizumi Lighthouse (second generation) is a reinforced-concrete lighthouse built in 1928 at the top of a hill facing Erimo Port. After it was retired it became the monument in Lighthouse Park, and in December 2019 it was registered as a Registered Tangible Cultural Property of Japan.

Old lighthouse built 1928, reinforced concrete
Registered national cultural property on 5 Dec 2019
Venue of the Lighthouse Festival, 14-16 Aug each year

03 ／ Saruru Sando

A mountain road the shogunate opened in 1799:6.32 km remain in good condition.

Saruru Sando is a mountain road the Edo shogunate cut in 1799 (Kansei 11), and a national historic site since 2018. Of its 29.5 km length, a survey by the town board of education found 6.32 km in good condition. The road is about 0.9 m wide.

Cut in 1799 (Kansei 11)
National historic site: 13 Feb 2018
6.32 km in good condition, of 29.5 km

Erimo 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 2004)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

No railway station in town; the gateway is the town office.

about 4,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town's access guide gives about 220 km and about 4 hours by car from Sapporo City. The town describes Erimo as a fishing and tourism town blessed with rich marine resources and magnificent natural scenery. It belongs to Horoizumi District.

People living here: 4,374people
Area: 284km²
Households: 1,822households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 0 hospitals ／ 5 clinics

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

Children waiting for childcare: —3 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 2 municipalities.

Erimo Town in Japan42.016°N 143.148°E

Territory of Erimo 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

30.6km

Samani Town, Hiroo Town

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

Erimo Town isthis kind of town.

01Cape Erimo is where the Hidaka Mountains lower and sink into the Pacific. The town says reefs run about 2 km out to sea and continue another 6 km beneath the surface
02Greening of the cape began in 1953, and in 1957 a method laying seaweed was developed; the former Horoizumi Lighthouse, built in 1928, is now a monument and a Registered Tangible Cultural Property
03The town has no railway station. Saruru Sando, opened by the Edo shogunate in 1799, is a national historic site. The town's name is thought to derive from an Ainu word meaning a protruding head

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Erimo Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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