01 ／ Observation marker
A concrete base in the Furano Elementary School grounds was set in 1914 as a gravity-measurement point. It went missing in 1934 and was found again in 1955. The next year it was named the Hokkaido Central Longitude-Latitude Observation Marker, and in 1971 it became a city-designated cultural property.
02 ／ Place name
The city overview says the leading theory is that the name changed from the Ainu word "Furanui" (a place with a smell). Because the Furano River rises on Mount Tokachi and carries a sulfur smell, it is thought to have been named so.
03 ／ Torinuma Park
A city scenic park centered on Torinuma, a pond rich in spring water. It keeps an alder and Japanese ash wetland forest, most of which has been lost elsewhere in Hokkaido to development, farmland and river works. The grounds became town land in 1920 and came to be called Torinuma Park.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot August–September 2019)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
The active JR stations in the city are Gakuden on the Furano Line, and Furano on the Furano Line and Nemuro Main Line. The city's access page describes the Furano Line local from Asahikawa, about 60 minutes, and from Sapporo the Hakodate Main Line limited express to Takikawa and a change to the Nemuro Main Line local. The gateway is Furano Station.
−7.9% since 2015
26,046 → 21,131
197.51km² of it habitable
2024
2.2 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
6.6 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
27.2km
Travel times per leg are not published by the municipality, so they are not shown.
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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