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01453 ／ひがしかぐらちょう

Hokkaido 上川郡

Higashikagura Town

Mosquito- and fly-free drive to flowers.

Flower campaign, Flower Town

Photo by ja:user:Birdman (CC BY-SA 3.0)

01 ／ Villa site

The Kamikawa Imperial Villa was never set up,and its planned site was leased out in 1894.

Iwamura Michitoshi, Nagayama Takeshiro and others planned a site for the Kamikawa Imperial Villa near what is now Higashikagura Town. The town says the government approved a villa in 1889, but it was never set up. In July 1894, leasing of the Eastern Imperial Estate began, and settlement followed.

1889: villa approved
July 1894: Eastern Imperial Estate leased out
Villa never set up

02 ／ Rice paddies

In Kamikawa, where rice was said not to grow,a man named Mitsui made a paddy.

In 1896, on the Eastern Imperial Estate, a man named Mitsui made a paddy of about 2 tan and harvested 2 koku 4 to. An irrigation cooperative was set up in 1908, and in 1912 a large irrigation system costing 65,000 yen was completed. The town says farmers then switched from dry fields to rice in rapidly growing numbers.

1896: paddy of about 2 tan
1912: irrigation system completed
Cost: 65,000 yen

03 ／ Town flower

Azaleas were planted at Yoshitsune Hillthree years before they became the town flower.

The town flower is the azalea. According to the town's chronology, azaleas were planted at Yoshitsune Hill in 1970, and the azalea was named the town flower in 1973. In 1988, an azalea grove was created in the forest park.

1970: azaleas planted at Yoshitsune Hill
1973: named the town flower
1988: azalea grove made in the forest park

Higashikagura 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 August–October 2014)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 10,000 people
Rural district town

There is no railway station in the town. The town's access page (updated January 12, 2024) says route buses No. 70 and No. 76 run 20 round trips a day from Asahikawa Station. The nearest JR station is Nishi-Seiwa on the Furano Line, but there is no direct bus. The town covers 68.50 km² (the town's overview).

People living here: 10,127people
Area: 68.5km²
Households: 3,840households
Rent (average for rentals): —
Healthcare: 1 hospital ／ 4 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.

Shape

Borders 3 municipalities.

Higashikagura Town in Japan43.697°N 142.452°E

Territory of Higashikagura 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

11.9km

Asahikawa City, Higashikawa Town, Biei Town

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

Higashikagura Town isthis kind of town.

01The flower town grew from resident campaigns that began in 1958, including one for a Hokkaido without mosquitoes and flies, with flowers planted along the way. The flower campaign began in 1966, and in 1969 the town office won a Prime Minister's Award
02The Kamikawa Imperial Villa was never set up, and the planned site, the Eastern Imperial Estate, was leased out in 1894. In 1896 a man named Mitsui made a paddy of about 2 tan, and in 1912 a large irrigation system was completed
03The town flower, the azalea, was planted at Yoshitsune Hill in 1970. There is no railway station in the town, and route buses run 20 round trips a day from Asahikawa Station

See the town as it is now.

Source: Wikidata (P2002, P2003, P2013, P2397)

If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.

Higashikagura Town official site ↗Wikipedia ↗

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