01601 ／ ひだかちょう
Hokkaido 沙流郡The Saru's source and mouth lie in town.
Upper Saru River, Chiroro River01 ／ Enclave town
The town says Hidaka Town, Hokkaido, stretches from the source of the Saru River downstream, an "enclave" with Biratori Town between. Its main office and branch office are about 65 km, roughly an hour by car, apart. Hidaka and Monbetsu merged in March 2006.
02 ／ Town flower and tree
The town says its tree, the daimyo oak, is common in Monbetsu, and the oak forest on the Monbetsu coastal terrace slope is designated a Specific Plant Community by the Ministry of the Environment. The town flower, the primrose Sakurasou, is also common there and listed as endangered.
03 ／ Geology
The Hidaka Mountains Museum's exhibit guide explains that the town's geological map is painted in many tangled colors. Cretaceous ammonite and coral fossils have been found, and pillow lava can be seen. In 2004 the Geological Society of Japan honored the museum's operation.
Now and 1974–78. Tap a photo to zoom in.
Wide (about 6 km across)
Close (about 1.5 km across)
Now (shot 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
According to the town, the northern Hidaka area has an inland climate with around 1 m of winter snow, while the southern Monbetsu area faces the Pacific, with little snow and milder weather. The Saru, Monbetsu and Atsubetsu rivers flow into the Pacific.
−8.9% since 2015
13,615 → 11,279
232.56km² of it habitable
2024
2.0 people per household
2020
6.2 per 10,000 people
2023
Population from 2010 onward (municipal boundary changed).2006-03-01 に新設合併（門別町）。2010年調査から市域が変わっている。
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
Shape
North to south
65.4km
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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The river here is named for three seeds.
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Canal soil made an old riverbed downtown.
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A 2,000-year-old forest below sea level.
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